Individuation and Attachment in the Works of Isabelle de Charrière

by Jelka Samsom

The novels published by Isabelle de Charri re before the French Revolution offer a perceptive account of the psychology and the social climate of the late eighteenth century. The anti-Freudian psychoanalysis of the neurologist and psychiatrist Heinz Kohut (1913-81) is used in this study as a means of developing an awareness of the position of the fictional characters. Feminist and Freudian readings of Charri re's novels of the 1780s have stressed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3039101870
• ISBN13: 9783039101870
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"