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- catalog abstract ""Shelley's Mirrors of Love confronts the myths and realities of Shelleyan narcissism and discovers an artist fiercely engaged with problems of (gender) identity, self-idolatry, and the nature of love itself. Rather than capitulating to what he called "the principle of Self," Shelley obsessively explored its temptations, its dangers, and its antidotes. The book is largely psychobiographical in approach, working with the theories of Heinz Kohut and Jessica Benjamin, among others, as it closely analyzes Shelley's fiction, poetry, and letters." "The book offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the poet's fluid gender identity, finding strong evidence of an "imaginative transsexualism" that allowed him to identify with real and imagined "sister-spirits" who exemplified the powers of love and sympathy, the greatest of Shelleyan ideals. The latter force receives particular attention as the study turns to scientific theories of Shelley's day, theories that helped the poet envision how the energy of electricity, sympathy, and sexuality converge to create the kind of erotically interpenetrating universe we see at the close of Prometheus Unbound."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10878226.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Shelley's Mirrors of Love confronts the myths and realities of Shelleyan narcissism and discovers an artist fiercely engaged with problems of (gender) identity, self-idolatry, and the nature of love itself. Rather than capitulating to what he called "the principle of Self," Shelley obsessively explored its temptations, its dangers, and its antidotes. The book is largely psychobiographical in approach, working with the theories of Heinz Kohut and Jessica Benjamin, among others, as it closely analyzes Shelley's fiction, poetry, and letters." "The book offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the poet's fluid gender identity, finding strong evidence of an "imaginative transsexualism" that allowed him to identify with real and imagined "sister-spirits" who exemplified the powers of love and sympathy, the greatest of Shelleyan ideals. The latter force receives particular attention as the study turns to scientific theories of Shelley's day, theories that helped the poet envision how the energy of electricity, sympathy, and sexuality converge to create the kind of erotically interpenetrating universe we see at the close of Prometheus Unbound."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-306) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: The Principle of Self and Love's Transforming Presence -- Shelley, Christ, and Narcissus -- Shelleyan Doppelganger: Loathsome Sympathy/Indomitable Selfhood -- A Band of Sister-Spirits -- Sex, Sympathy, and Science -- The Unreserve of Mingled Being.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 311 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0791439771 (hc : acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "079143978X (pb : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press,".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "England.".
- catalog subject "821/.7 21".
- catalog subject "Gender identity in literature.".
- catalog subject "Love in literature.".
- catalog subject "Narcissism in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR5442.P74 B66 1999".
- catalog subject "Poetry Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Poets, English 19th century Psychology.".
- catalog subject "Psychoanalysis and literature England History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Psychoanalysis and literature England.".
- catalog subject "Self-sacrifice in literature.".
- catalog subject "Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 Knowledge Psychology.".
- catalog subject "Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 Psychology.".
- catalog subject "Sisters in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The Principle of Self and Love's Transforming Presence -- Shelley, Christ, and Narcissus -- Shelleyan Doppelganger: Loathsome Sympathy/Indomitable Selfhood -- A Band of Sister-Spirits -- Sex, Sympathy, and Science -- The Unreserve of Mingled Being.".
- catalog title "Shelley's mirrors of love : narcissism, sacrifice, and sorority / Teddi Chichester Bonca.".
- catalog type "text".