Narcissism in nineteenth century literature.

Title: Narcissism in nineteenth century literature.
Identifier: AAI9997075
identifier: 9997075
Creator: Blasi, Marian.
Contributor: Adviser: Felicia Bonaparte
Date: 2001
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Literature, English | Philosophy | Psychology, General
Abstract: This dissertation investigates a quality of narcissism which begins to manifest itself in early nineteenth century English literature and traces its pervasive spread through the century and into the next. It explores the work of some major romantic poets and looks chronologically into such novels as Emma, Great Expectations, Wuthering Heights, The Egoist, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lady Chatterley's Lover, and Sons and Lovers . The approach to narcissism follows loosely Freud's interpretation of the Narcissus myth, includes some leading current views, and explores the relationship of this dispositioning to nineteenth century materialism. An analogy is made between the narcissistic parent/child relationship and the century to its constituent masses.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.