Canaries in the thought mine: Anticipations of Freud in four eighteenth-century novels

Posted on:2010-12-07

Degree:M.A

Type:Thesis

University:University of Arkansas

Candidate:Robertson, Megan Taylor

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GTID:2445390002474140

Subject:Literature

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This thesis argues that eighteenth-century novelists think about modern subjectivity and identity construction in ways that prefigure Sigmund Freud's theories of oedipal conflict, dream interpretation, and the psychoanalytic relationship. It includes close readings of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, and two novels by Anne Radcliffe: The Romance of the Forest and The Mysteries of Udolpho. The conclusion of the paper suggests avenues to future research on the topic.

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Eighteenth-century

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