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Start Over Topic psychology Publication Year Range Last 50 years Publication Type Book Reviews Journal papers on language & literature
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1. Recovery from the Great War: Pastoral Space in J.L. Carr's A Month in the Country and Ernest Hemingway's "Big Two-Hearted River".

Author

SCRUGGS, CHARLES

Subjects
*WORLD War I, *CULTURE, *PSYCHOLOGY
Abstract

A Literary criticism of the books "A Month in the Country" by J.L. Carr and "Big Two-Hearted River" by Ernest Hemingway is presented. Topics discussed include psychological impact of the Great War of 1914 on people, difference in pastoral space noted by the authors and focus of Carr on culture and sense of place.

Published
2016

2. The Realization of Solov'ev's Philosophical Treatise "The Meaning of Love" in Pasternak's Zhivago Poem "Winter Night."

Author

Sendelbach, Adonica

Subjects
*LOVE, *PSYCHOLOGY
Abstract

Presents literary criticism for the poem "Winter Night," which is found in the novel "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak. It explores the connection between the poem and the philosophical treatise "The Meaning of Love," by Vladimir Solov'ev. The relationship between love and egoism is examined and the unity of a sexual relationship between a man and a woman is analyzed. The ideal love as presented in Pasternak's work is discussed.

Published
2008

3. The Language of Drug Use in Whitman's "Calamus" Poems.

Author

Auclair, Tracy

Subjects
*DRUGS of abuse, *CALAMUS (Gay symbol), *AUTHOR-reader relationships, *HASHISH, *PSYCHOLOGY
Abstract

An essay is presented which analyzes the representation of drugged consciousness in the "Calmus" poems by Walt Whitman. According to the author, the poetic speaker's psychological response to the calmus root is similar to the hashish intoxication described by author Fitz Hugh Ludlow in "The Hasheesh Eater." In addition, he states that Whitman uses the rhetoric of drugged consciousness as a means to reconfigure the author-audience relationship.

Published
2004

4. Reconnecting with the Past: Personal Hauntings in Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride.

Author

Bontatibus, Donna

Subjects
*GHOST stories, *LITERATURE & folklore, *ENGLISH literature, *PSYCHOLOGY
Abstract

Focuses on folklore tradition and narrative strategy used by author Margaret Atwood in her ghost story 'The Robber Bride.' Manifestation of folklore tradition in the patterns surrounding the central characters; Central synchronistic event of the novel; Revelations made through dreams and visualizations of the central characters.

Published
1998

5. Crisis and Recovery: The Wordsworthian Poetics and Politics.

Author

Liu, Yu

Subjects
*POETS, *PSYCHOLOGY, *POLITICAL participation
Abstract

The article discusses the work of the English poet William Wordsworth, with particular focus given to the effect of his episodes of mental depression and political inclinations on his poetry. Poems including "Salisbury Plain," "The Prelude," and "The Recluse" are also commented on, and the theme of compassion and altruism in his work is touched on.

Published
2000

6. The 'Unholy Battle' with the Other in George Meredith's Modern Love.

Author

Kozicki, Henry

Subjects
*MARRIAGE in literature, *DEHUMANIZATION, *INTERPERSONAL conflict, *PSYCHOLOGY
Abstract

The article analyzes the poem "Modern Love" by George Meredith. The author examines the conflict between the husband and wife in the poem, stating that previous interpretations do not adequately address the "psychological morbidity." He argues that the poem depicts an abnormal behavior in which the married couple see each other as objects of possession and attempt to dehumanize the other.

Published
1987