Karin Michaëlis

Titel: Karin Michaëlis : incest as metaphor and the illusion of romantic love / Merete von Eyben
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Veröffentlicht: New York ˜[u.a.]œ : Lang, 2003
Umfang: VI, 133 S.
Format: Buch
Sprache: Sprache nicht angegeben
Schriftenreihe/
mehrbändiges Werk:
Studies on themes and motifs in literature ; 65
ISBN: 0820458341
Buchumschlag
X
Lokale Klassifikation: Sekundärliteratur
  • Introduction
  • p. 1
  • The Critical Reception of Karin Michaelis' Works in Denmark from 1898 to the Present
  • p. 5
  • Karin Michaelis and Colette
  • p. 8
  • Incest as Metaphor, Female Masochism, and the Illusion of Ideal Love
  • p. 11
  • Symbolic Use of Incest in Literature and Film
  • p. 16
  • Chapter 1
  • Justine: Incest as Metaphor and Subversive Revolt
  • p. 22
  • A Psychological Journey to Freud's Vienna
  • p. 26
  • Dead and Injured Children as Symbolic Sacrifices
  • p. 29
  • The Romance Novel as a Vehicle for Subversive Revolt
  • p. 33
  • Chapter 2
  • Three Cases of Incest
  • p. 38
  • A Sexual Awakening
  • p. 42
  • Marquis de Sade's Justine
  • p. 44
  • Incest as a Symbol of Patriarchal Power
  • p. 46
  • Chapter 3
  • The Irony of the Concept of Ideal Love
  • p. 50
  • Louise Stefan and Helene Deutsch's Version of Female Masochism
  • p. 55
  • Louise Stefan and the Gretchen Tragedy in Faust
  • p. 60
  • Chapter 4
  • The Madonna-Whore Dichotomy
  • p. 66
  • Chapter 5
  • The Illusion of Love and Its Fatal Ramifications
  • p. 73
  • Why Battered Women Do Not Leave Their Abusers
  • p. 82
  • Reading the Invisible Text
  • p. 85
  • Official and Unofficial Plots as a Subversive Narrative Strategy
  • p. 90
  • A Clever Escape or a Masochist's Heaven?
  • p. 94
  • A Prescriptive Fairy Tale
  • p. 97
  • A Norwegian Child Bride's Survival Strategy
  • p. 100
  • Conclusion
  • p. 104
  • Notes
  • p. 109
  • Bibliography
  • p. 121
  • Index
  • p. 129