Psychology in Literature
Contents: Preface. I. The interpretation of literature: 1. Introductory: Lady Macbeth, Oedipus, Hamlet. 2. Hamlet. 3. Hamlet. A type of hero-legend. 4. Lear, Othello, Macbeth. 5. Poetic justice, popular legends, romance. 6. Romanticism. 7. Blake, Shelley, Dionysus. 8. Romanticism in decay : Poe, surrealism. 9. Surrealism, wit. 10. Creation and criticism. II. The judgement of literature: 11. The relativity of taste. 12. Art for art\'s sake. 13. Art with a purpose. Plato. 14. Art with a purpose. Aristotle, the renaissance. Tolstoy. The totalitarians. 15. Values. 16. Conclusion. Index.
This book consists essentially of lectures given at Cambridge since the war, though a good deal enlarged and rewritten.
These lectures are not learned, they are not expert, but I hope some may find them not unhelpful, not only about literature, but (far more important) about life. (jacket)
This book consists essentially of lectures given at Cambridge since the war, though a good deal enlarged and rewritten.
These lectures are not learned, they are not expert, but I hope some may find them not unhelpful, not only about literature, but (far more important) about life. (jacket)
