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- catalog abstract ""Bettina Knopp adds a new spin on the study of gambling as she explores both sides of the coin - the rush and thrill of risk taking versus the depression and defeat of losing. In a unique Jungian approach, Knapp probes the universal and eternal mysteries that lady luck herself offers to humanity's never-ending quest to defy destiny." "While games of chance and of skill have held universal appeal throughout the ages, here Knapp adds a new dimension by exploring the psyches and the cultures of their players. In each of the book's nine chapters, she examines a different type of gambling as evidenced in Western and Eastern tradition through the literary works of Aleichem, Balzac, Dostoevsky, Hesse, Kawabata, Pascal, Poe, Serao, and Zhang. This scrutiny shows both the diversity and universality of each culture as she takes the literary works out of their individual contexts and relates them to humankind in general. Through an examination of seven different cultures - American, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Russian - she shows the effects of gambling on individuals and groups of players as well as its impact on the family and society."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11581650.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Bettina Knopp adds a new spin on the study of gambling as she explores both sides of the coin - the rush and thrill of risk taking versus the depression and defeat of losing. In a unique Jungian approach, Knapp probes the universal and eternal mysteries that lady luck herself offers to humanity's never-ending quest to defy destiny." "While games of chance and of skill have held universal appeal throughout the ages, here Knapp adds a new dimension by exploring the psyches and the cultures of their players. In each of the book's nine chapters, she examines a different type of gambling as evidenced in Western and Eastern tradition through the literary works of Aleichem, Balzac, Dostoevsky, Hesse, Kawabata, Pascal, Poe, Serao, and Zhang. This scrutiny shows both the diversity and universality of each culture as she takes the literary works out of their individual contexts and relates them to humankind in general. Through an examination of seven different cultures - American, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Russian - she shows the effects of gambling on individuals and groups of players as well as its impact on the family and society."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-298) and index.".
- catalog description "ch. 1. Pascal: a geometer's wager with God -- ch. 2. Balzac: The wild ass's skin: the gambler's quest for power -- ch. 3. Poe: "William Wilson": gambler? wastrel? reprobate? -- ch. 4. Dostoevsky's flayed gambler -- ch. 5. Serao's Naples: smorfia mania and the devouring father -- ch. 6. Sholom Aleichem: "The lottery ticket": a human gamble -- ch. 7. Hesse's The glass bead game: computerized culture -- ch. 8. Kawabata's The master of go: game as ritual of exile -- ch. 9. Zhang Xinxin's Orchid madness.".
- catalog extent "viii, 308 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Gambling, game, and psyche.".
- catalog identifier "0791443833 (hc : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0791443841 (pb : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Gambling, game, and psyche.".
- catalog isPartOf "SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albany : State University of New York Press,".
- catalog relation "Gambling, game, and psyche.".
- catalog subject "809/.93355 21".
- catalog subject "Gambling Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Gambling in literature.".
- catalog subject "Literature, Modern 19th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Literature, Modern 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PN56.G27 K58 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "ch. 1. Pascal: a geometer's wager with God -- ch. 2. Balzac: The wild ass's skin: the gambler's quest for power -- ch. 3. Poe: "William Wilson": gambler? wastrel? reprobate? -- ch. 4. Dostoevsky's flayed gambler -- ch. 5. Serao's Naples: smorfia mania and the devouring father -- ch. 6. Sholom Aleichem: "The lottery ticket": a human gamble -- ch. 7. Hesse's The glass bead game: computerized culture -- ch. 8. Kawabata's The master of go: game as ritual of exile -- ch. 9. Zhang Xinxin's Orchid madness.".
- catalog title "Gambling, game, and psyche / Bettina L. Knapp.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".