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Effective Protagonist in the Nineteenth-Century British Novel : Scott, Brontë, Eliot, Wilde.
Title:
Effective Protagonist in the Nineteenth-Century British Novel : Scott, Brontë, Eliot, Wilde.
Author:
Dawson, Terence, Dr.
ISBN:
9780754681939
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (313 pages)
Series:
The Nineteenth Century Series
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- The Nineteenth Century General Editors' Preface -- Introduction -- On Critical Assumptions -- On the Adjective 'Jungian' -- A Post-Jungian Methodology -- Anima/Animus Possession -- The Effective Protagonist in the Nineteenth-Century British Novel -- Objectives -- PART ONE: ANIMA POSSESSION -- 1. 'A Victim of his Own Contending Passions': Ivanhoe, Cedric of Rotherwood and the Logic of Romance -- The Argument -- England and the Temple -- Cedric as Effective Protagonist -- Cedric as Thrall to his own Dream -- Rotherwood: Cedric and Bois-Guilbert -- Ashby-de-la-Zouche: The Nature and Function of Coincidence -- The Siege of Torquilstone: Aspects of the Shadow -- Aftermath in the Forest: Reluctance to Learn -- The Trial at Templestowe: The Glory and Limitations of Chivalry -- The Epilogue: Rowena and Rebecca -- Conclusions -- 2. 'Man's Deeper Nature is Soon Found Out': Psychological Typology, the Puer Aeternus, and Fear of the Feminine in The Picture of Dorian Gray -- The Argument -- (1) A Portrait of Basil Hallward -- (2) The Psychology of the Puer Aeternus -- (3) The Fear of the Feminine -- PART TWO: ANIMUS POSSESSION -- 3. 'An Oppression Past Explaining': Wuthering Heights and the Struggle for Deliverance from the Father -- The Present and the Past -- The Argument -- (1) An Oppression Past Explaining -- (2) The Myth (I): Escape from Wuthering Heights -- (3) The Myth (II): Inability to Settle at Thrushcross Grange -- (4) Catherine's History (I): The Evolution of a Father-Complex -- (5) Catherine's History (II): A Tentative Deliverance -- (6) Conclusion -- 4. 'Light Enough To Trusten By': Structure and Experience in Silas Marner -- The Argument -- The Parallels Between the Two Plots -- Nancy, the Animus, and the Shadow -- Nancy and Animus Possession -- 'Light Enough to Trusten By'.

Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Abstract:
The Effective Protagonist in the Nineteenth-Century British Novel is an experiment in post-Jungian literary criticism and methodology. Its primary aim is to challenge current views about the correlation between narrative structure, gender, and the governing psychological dilemma in four nineteenth-century British novels. The overarching argument is that the opening situation in a novel represents an implicit challenge facing not the obvious hero/heroine but the individual that Terence Dawson defines as the "effective protagonist." To illustrate his claim, Dawson pairs two sets of novels with unexpectedly comparable dilemmas: Ivanhoe with The Picture of Dorian Gray and Wuthering Heights with Silas Marner. In all four novels, the effective protagonist is an apparently minor figure whose crucial function in the ordering of the events has been overlooked. Rereading these well-known texts in relation to hitherto neglected characters uncovers startling new issues at their heart and demonstrates innovative ways of exploring both narrative and literary tradition.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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