Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Psychoanalysis
- The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Psychoanalysis
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Introduction Reading to Recover
- Part I In History
- Part II In Society
- Part III In Sight
- 10 Frames of Mind
- 11 Psychoanalysis and Children’s Literature
- 12 Reflections on Psychoanalysis and Class
- Part IV In Theory
- Further Reading
- Index
11 - Psychoanalysis and Children’s Literature
Spotlighting the Dialogue
from Part III - In Sight
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2021
- The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Psychoanalysis
- The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Psychoanalysis
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Introduction Reading to Recover
- Part I In History
- Part II In Society
- Part III In Sight
- 10 Frames of Mind
- 11 Psychoanalysis and Children’s Literature
- 12 Reflections on Psychoanalysis and Class
- Part IV In Theory
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
This chapter adopts, describes, and critiques three complementary perspectives on children’s literature: (1) psychoanalytic studies of and interpretations of children’s books; (2) effects of psychoanalysis on the work of children’s book authors and artists; (3) ways in which psychoanalysis might learn from the wisdom of children’s literature. Among the authors discussed are Bruno Bettelheim, Maurice Sendak, Beatrix Potter, and Elena Ferrante.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Psychoanalysis , pp. 206 - 222Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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