Wilfred Bion and Literary Criticism introduces the work of the
British psychoanalyst, Wilfred Bion (1897-1979), and the immense
potential of his ideas for thinking about literature, creative
process, and creative writing. There is now renewed interest in
Bion's work following the publication of his Complete Works but the
complexities of his theory and his distinctive style can be
forbidding. Less well-known than Freud or Lacan, the work of
Wilfred Bion nevertheless offers new insights for psychoanalytic
literary criticism and creative writing. For newer readers of his
work, this book offers an engaging introduction to several of
Bion's key ideas, including his theory of thinking (the 'thought
without a thinker'), the container/contained relationship,
alpha-function; alpha-elements, beta-elements, and bizarre objects;
K and -K; the Grid, O, and the caesura. It also offers a way in to
Bion's astonishing and challenging experimental work, A Memoir of
the Future, and explores the impact of his devastating personal
experiences as an officer during the First World War. Each chapter
of Wilfred Bion and Literary Criticism draws on one or more
specific aspects of Bion's theory in relation to creative texts by
Sigmund Freud, Stevie Smith, B.S. Johnson, Mary Butts, Jean Rhys,
Nicholas Royle, J.G. Ballard, and Wilfred Bion himself. The first
full-length study to explore the potential of Bion's ideas for
literary criticism, Wilfred Bion and Literary Criticism introduces
his complex and extensive work for a new audience in an accessible
and engaging way, and will be of great interest to scholars of
creative writing, literary criticism, and psychoanalysis.
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