Thomas Hardy's poetry
Subtitle: a Jungian perspective
By: Byunghwa Joh.
Series: The modernist revolution in world literature ;; v. 1
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
Subjects: Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Poetic works.; Jung, C. G. 1875-1961.; Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 -- Knowledge -- Psychology.; Psychoanalysis and literature -- England.; Modernism (Literature) -- England.; Poetry -- Psychological aspects.; Psychology in literature.
Description: "Thomas Hardy's psyche can be explained effectively by the relationship of the child with its mother, suggesting that he was dominated throughout his life by the mother archetype. His pessimistic vision can be understood in terms of his strong attachment to his early life and subsequent disillusionment with the way in which the world operates. This dominant archetype seems to have impeded the activation of the anima, the rival archetype of the mother, putting his relationships with women into trouble.

The hostility Hardy displays toward the Prime Cause also tells us that the strong influence of the mother led to his failure to cultivate a harmonious relationship with the Self, the psychological equivalent to God. This book explores psychological grounds on which some differently categorized groups of Hardy's poems were produced."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-127).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 The Mother Archetype and Hardy's Early Years; title: Theoretical Backgrounds: The Mother Archetype; title: The Pre-Conscious World and Hardy's Early Years; title: Hometown; title: Christianity; title: 2 The Terrible Mother and Hardy's Tragic Vision; title: Theoretical Backgrounds: The Terrible Mother; title: Disillusionment and Poems of Irony; title: Philosophical Poems; title: 3 The Anima and Hardy's Love Poems; title: Theoretical Backgrounds: The Anima as the Rival; title: against the Mother; title: Love Poems; title: 4 The Conclusion: Hardy and the World Beyond; title: Theoretical Backgrounds: The Self; title: Hardy and the Transcendental Existence; title: Bibliography 123; title: Index 129.