How do people change? Longing for personal growth and
transformation is a central theme of our times. Psychotherapy seeks
to change the dynamics behind people's symptoms and conflicts.
Writers, too, are fascinated by this theme, and have explored it
frequently in their stories and characters. In this book, Barbara
and Richard Almond, both psychoanalysts, explore a variety of
novels that describe internal, personal change. They discover that
there are fascinating parallels between the processes that lead to
change in literary characters and the mechanisms observed in
psychotherapeutic change.
From Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" to Frances Hodgson
Burnett's "The Secret Garden" to Anne Tyler's "IThe Accidental
Tourist," the plot begins with a character struggling with
personality limitations. A new person appears in the story; a bond
is formed with the central character. In the relationship that
follows, the two struggle. Confrontational and loving interactions
lead the protagonist through a process of gradual change. The
authors delineate a therapeutic narrative: the plot of change in
both psychotherapy and literature. By comparing a variety of
novels, they elaborate the elements of this therapeutic narrative
and draw provocative conclusions about the mechanisms of
psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.
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