David Ellis

Wordsworth, Freud and the Spots of Time

Interpretation in 'The Prelude'

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Produktbeschreibung

David Ellis attempts to clarify what is at once the most intriguing and baffling aspect of Wordsworth's great autobiographical poem.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9780521128520
• ISBN-10: 0521128528
• Artikelnr.: 28514234

Autorenporträt

David Ellis is a geophysicist with a degree in Natural Sciences (University of Cambridge).

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Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. The Spots of Time: 1. Fathers and sons
2. Violence, sex and the misuse of Freud
3. The discharged soldier
4. The first spot of time
Part II. The Mind as Lord and Master: 1. Explanations (how)
2. Explanations (why)
3. The drowned man
4. The role of reading
5. Drawing death's sting
6. The Winander boy
7. Comparisons
Part III. Wordsworthian Optimism: 1. Objections
2. Wordsworth and the shepherds
3. Visions
4. Conclusions
A note on Hartman
Appendix
Notes
Index.