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With the growing emphasis on theory in literary studies, psychoanalytic criticism is making notable contributions to literary interpretation.
Sixteen chapters in this work explore the psychological subtexts of such important children's books as Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach, Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, Louise Fitzhugh's Harriet the Spy, Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, and E.B. White's Charlotte's Web.
Drawing on the ideas of such psychoanalytic theorists as Sigmund Freud, Alice Miller, D.W. Winnicott and Jacques Lacan, it analyzes the psychological development of characters, examines reader responses, and studies the lives of authors and illustrators such as Beatrix Potter and Jessie Willcox Smith.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Regression and the Fragmentation of the Self
James and the Giant Peach—Mark I. West
2. The Mysterious and the Uncanny in Nancy Drew and Harriet the Spy—Lucy Rollin
3. Uncanny Mickey Mouse and His Domestication—Lucy Rollin
4. Narcissism in The Wind in the Willows—Mark I. West
5. The Reproduction of Mothering in Charlotte's Web—Lucy Rollin
6. Pinocchio's Journey from the Pleasure Principle to the Reality Principle—Mark I. West
7. Gazing and Mirroring in The Prince and the Pauper—Lucy Rollin
8. Childhood Fantasies and Frustrations in Maurice Sendak's Picture Books—Lucy Rollin
9. The Grotesque and the Taboo in Roald Dahl's Humorous Writings for Children—Mark I. West
10. Good-Enough Mother Hubbard—Lucy Rollin
11. Humpty Dumpty and the Anxieties of the Vulnerable Child—Lucy Rollin
12. Dream Imagery and the Portrayal of Childhood Anxieties in Nursery Rhyme Illustrations—Lucy Rollin
13. Repression and Rebellion in the Life and Works of Beatrix Potter—Mark I. West
14. Depictions of the Mother-Child Dyad in the Work of Mary Cassatt and Jessie Willcox Smith—Lucy Rollin
15. Guilt and Shame in Early American Children's Literature—Mark I. West
16. The Psychological Roots of Anthony Comstock's Campaign to Censor Dime Novels—Mark I. West
Bibliography of Psychoanalytic Interpretations of Children's Literature
Index
