Melville, shame, and the evil eye : a psychoanalytic reading
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Melville, shame, and the evil eye : a psychoanalytic reading
（SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture）
State University of New York Press, c1997
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 35 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-335) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This study offers a complex analysis of the psychodynamic role of shame in Melville's work, with detailed readings of Moby-Dick, Pierre, and "Billy Budd." Its concrete application of the rich analytic framework supplied by the work of such theorists as Heinz Kohut, Léon Wurmser, Silvan Tomkins, and Donald Nathanson implicitly challenges the contemporary reliance on an often abstract poststructuralist model of psychoanalysis. As a paradigmatic, coherent reading of the work of a single author, the book will appeal both to the many scholars interested in Melville's work and to anyone interested in psychoanalytic or psychological approaches to literature.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on Abbreviations
Introduction
Melville and shame
Part One. Shame and Attachment
Chapter One
How to Make a Misanthrope
Chapter Two
Mortifying Inter-Indebtedness
Chapter Three
The Inexorable Self
Part Two. Shame, Resentment, and Envy
Chapter Four
Motiveless Malignity
Chapter Five
Turning the Tables
Part Three. The Evil Eye
Chapter Six
Dangerous Mergers
Chapter Seven
The Evil Eye
Epilogue
"That Truth Should Be Silent I Had Almost Forgot"
Notes
Works Cited
Index
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