This is literary criticism at its most perceptive. Theory is
subservient to a deeply engaged reading of works Professor Paris
clearly loves. To read his analysis of Emma Bovary or Hedda Gabler
is to gain an enriched insight into characters whom we thought we
knew so well.
-- Phyllis Grosskurth, author of "Byron, The Flawed Angel"
One of literature's greatest gifts is its portrayal of
realistically drawn characters--human beings in whom we can
recognize motivations and emotions. In Imagined Human Beings,
Bernard J. Paris explores the inner conflicts of some of
literature's most famous characters, using Karen Horney's
psychoanalytic theories to understand the behavior of these
characters as we would the behavior of real people.
When realistically drawn characters are understood in
psychological terms, they tend to escape their roles in the plot
and thus subvert the view of them advanced by the author. A
Horneyan approach both alerts us to conflicts between plot and
characterization, rhetoric and mimesis, and helps us understand the
forces in the author's personalty that generate them. The Horneyan
model can make sense of thematic inconsistencies by seeing them as
the product of the author's inner divisions. Paris uses this
approach to explore a wide range of texts, including "Antigone,"
"The Clerk's Tale," "The Merchant of Venice, A Doll's House, Hedda
Gabler, Great Expectations, Jane Eyre, The Mayor of Casterbridge,
Wuthering Heights, Madame Bovary, The Awakening, "and "The End of
the Road."
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