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- catalog abstract "Theories of the novel - particularly the realist or mimetic novel - customarily regard literary form as a means of representing a real, historical world. But Georg Lukacs challenged this view, arguing in his Theory of the Novel that literary form also plays an important role in the creation of subjectivity. In The Ambivalence of Form, Susan Derwin develops Lukacs's ideas by comparing them with Sigmund Freud's discussion of mimetic form in Totem and Taboo. Derwin then examines the relationship between subjectivity and form in four works: Balzac's La Recherche de l'absolu, Bronte's Jane Eyre, Fontane's Frau Jenny Treibel, and Percy's The Second Coming. While realistic in their portrayals, each of these novels, she argues, contains "counter-narratives" that violate the realistic principle. Derwin considers the significance of these "counter-narratives" in light of theoretical concerns raised by the authors in their essays or in the novels themselves. By bringing together the work of Lukacs and Freud, Derwin reveals how the creation of subjectivity is a common concern of both aesthetics and psychoanalysis. She also demonstrates the continuing relevance of Lukacs's work to studies of the novel and offers a significant contribution to the understanding of his early influence on the Frankfurt School.".
- catalog contributor b3798161.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Mimesis and subjectivity in Lukács's Die Theorie des Romans -- Mimesis in a two-way mirror : Freud's Totem und Tabu -- Dreadful discovery in Balzac's La recherche de l'absolu -- The secret of the third story in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre -- Domesticated irony in Theodor Fontane's Frau Jenny Treibel -- Orality, aggression, and epistemology in Walker Percy's The secon coming.".
- catalog description "Theories of the novel - particularly the realist or mimetic novel - customarily regard literary form as a means of representing a real, historical world. But Georg Lukacs challenged this view, arguing in his Theory of the Novel that literary form also plays an important role in the creation of subjectivity. In The Ambivalence of Form, Susan Derwin develops Lukacs's ideas by comparing them with Sigmund Freud's discussion of mimetic form in Totem and Taboo. Derwin then examines the relationship between subjectivity and form in four works: Balzac's La Recherche de l'absolu, Bronte's Jane Eyre, Fontane's Frau Jenny Treibel, and Percy's The Second Coming. While realistic in their portrayals, each of these novels, she argues, contains "counter-narratives" that violate the realistic principle. Derwin considers the significance of these "counter-narratives" in light of theoretical concerns raised by the authors in their essays or in the novels themselves. By bringing together the work of Lukacs and Freud, Derwin reveals how the creation of subjectivity is a common concern of both aesthetics and psychoanalysis. She also demonstrates the continuing relevance of Lukacs's work to studies of the novel and offers a significant contribution to the understanding of his early influence on the Frankfurt School.".
- catalog extent "vii, 208 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Ambivalence of form.".
- catalog identifier "0801843812".
- catalog isFormatOf "Ambivalence of form.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Ambivalence of form.".
- catalog subject "809.3 20".
- catalog subject "Ambivalence in literature.".
- catalog subject "Fiction History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Mimesis in literature.".
- catalog subject "PN3491 .D4 1992".
- catalog tableOfContents "Mimesis and subjectivity in Lukács's Die Theorie des Romans -- Mimesis in a two-way mirror : Freud's Totem und Tabu -- Dreadful discovery in Balzac's La recherche de l'absolu -- The secret of the third story in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre -- Domesticated irony in Theodor Fontane's Frau Jenny Treibel -- Orality, aggression, and epistemology in Walker Percy's The secon coming.".
- catalog title "The ambivalence of form : Lukács, Freud, and the novel / Susan Derwin.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".