The novels published by Isabelle de Charriere before the French
Revolution offer a perceptive account of the psychology and the
social climate of the late eighteenth century. The anti-Freudian
psychoanalysis of the neurologist and psychiatrist Heinz Kohut
(1913-81) is used in this study as a means of developing an
awareness of the position of the fictional characters. Feminist and
Freudian readings of Charriere's novels of the 1780s have stressed
the 'closed' deterministic atmosphere of contemporary society; this
new study emphasises what can be called the 'modern' side of the
novels: patriarchal society and individual needs confront each
other and allow the relationships to be seen in a new light. By
means of Kohut's notion of 'self-object' a rich insight is gained
into the complex relationships described by Isabelle de Charriere.
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