Transformation of Rage: Mourning and Creativity in George Eliot's Fiction by Peg

Description: Transformation of Rage by Peggy Fitzhugh Johnstone George Eliot has been widely praised both for the richness of her prose and the universality of her themes. In this compelling study, Peggy Fitzhugh Johnstone goes beyond these traditional foci to examine the role of aggression in Eliot's fiction and to find its source in the author's unconscious sense of loss stemming from traumatic family separations and deaths during her childhood and adolescence. Johnstone demonstrates that Eliot's creative work was a constructive response to her sense of loss and that the repeating patterns in her novels reflect the process of release from her state of mourning for lost loved ones. How then does Eliot's internalized aggression, rooted in her early life, find its way into her characters? How and why is it, in turn, denied by the author? And finally, how does the process of writing fiction help resolve it? Eliot's inner rage, Johnstone argues, was transformed into works of art and gradually dissipated as she developed her creative gifts and finally achieved her sense of identity as an artist. The Transformation of Rage explores the connections between self-disorder and aggression, anxiety and creativity, and narcissism and mourning in the full range of Eliot's novels - Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Felix Holt, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda. It will appeal to a broad audience, including those interested in the nineteenth-century British novel, the life and work of George Eliot, and the interdisciplinary study of literature and psychoanalysis. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description George Eliot has been widely praised both for the richness of her prose and the universality of her themes. In this compelling study, Peggy Fitzhugh Johnstone goes beyond these traditional foci to examine the role of aggression in Eliots fiction and to find its source in the authors unconscious sense of loss stemming from traumatic family separations and deaths during her childhood and adolescence. Johnstone demonstrates that Eliots creative work was a constructive response to her sense of loss and that the repeating patterns in her novels reflect the process of release from her state of mourning for lost loved ones. Author Biography Peggy Fitzhugh Johnstone is an independent scholar in Saratoga Springs, New York. She has published essays on George Eliot in Hartford Studies, Literature and Psychology, and Mosaic. Review "Johnstones description of the tumultuous events in George Eliots work is an excellent illustration of applied psychoanalysis." --George H. Pollock, M.D., Ph.D., Psychoanalytic Books Long Description George Eliot has been widely praised both for the richness of her prose and the universality of her themes. In this compelling study, Peggy Fitzhugh Johnstone goes beyond these traditional foci to examine the role of aggression in Eliots fiction and to find its source in the authors unconscious sense of loss stemming from traumatic family separations and deaths during her childhood and adolescence. Johnstone demonstrates that Eliots creative work was a constructive response to her sense of loss and that the repeating patterns in her novels reflect the process of release from her state of mourning for lost loved ones. Review Quote "Johnstones description of the tumultuous events in George Eliots work is an excellent illustration of applied psychoanalysis." -George H. Pollock, M.D., Ph.D., Psychoanalytic Books New Feature Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License Details ISBN0814742351 Author Peggy Fitzhugh Johnstone Language English ISBN-10 0814742351 ISBN-13 9780814742358 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1997 Imprint New York University Press Subtitle Mourning and Creativity in George Eliots Fiction Country of Publication United States Edited by Peggy Fitzhugh Johnstone Place of Publication New York Pages 224 Illustrations black & white illustrations Short Title TRANSFORMATION OF RAGE REV/E Edition Description Revised Publisher New York University Press DOI 10.1604/9780814742358 Series Number 9 UK Release Date 1997-06-01 NZ Release Date 1997-06-01 US Release Date 1997-06-01 Publication Date 1997-06-01 Alternative 9780814741948 DEWEY 823.8 Audience General AU Release Date 1997-05-31 Series Literature and Psychoanalysis We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161714759;

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