Fike, Matthew A.,
Four novels in Jung's 1925 seminar literary discussion and analytical psychology / [electronic resource] : Matthew A Fike. - 1 online resource
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A note on the text -- Introduction -- 1 The anima's many faces in Henry Rider Haggard's She -- 2 The visionary and psychological modes in She -- 3 Anima and history in She -- 4 C. G. Jung on plagiarism in Pierre Benoît's L'Atlantide -- 5 The Jungian matrix of Gustav Meyrink's The Green Face -- 6 Ghosts and the animus in Marie Hay's The Evil Vineyard -- 7 Hypertext in The Evil Vineyard -- Works cited -- Index
C. G. Jung believed that popular fiction often conveyed unvarnished psychological truths. In this volume, Matthew A. Fike skillfully analyzes the novels under consideration in Jung's 1925 seminar on analytical psychology, corrects Jung's ill-informed perspectives, and sheds light on a neglected area of Jungian literary studies. Jung originally planned to discuss several novels about the anima--Henry Rider Haggard's She, Pierre Benot's L'Atlantide, and Gustav Meyrink's The Green Face. At the request of his participants, he dropped Meyrink and included a text about the animus, Marie Hay's The Evil Vineyard. Fike demonstrates that Haggard's She and Benot's L'Atlantide portray anima possession, the visionary and psychological modes, and traditional versus Jungian approaches to history. Meyrink's smorgasbord of Jungian theory and religion makes The Green Face a fictional counterpart to The Red Book, and both Meyrink and Hay depict states of higher consciousness that transcend the archetypes. The distinction between archetypal and spiritual possession demonstrates that The Evil Vineyard is a ghost story, and the study concludes with Hay's dozens of allusions, which provide important metacommentary. Four Novels in Jung's 1925 Seminar, the first comprehensive study of all four texts, complements seminal works by Cornelia Brunner and Barbara Hannah, critiques the seminar discussion recorded in William McGuire's edition of Analytical Psychology: Notes of the Seminar Given in 1925 by C. G. Jung, and incorporates Jung's own comments on the four novels in The Collected Works. Thus, it provides an essential addition to Jungian literary studies and will appeal both to students and practitioners of Jungian analytical psychology and to scholars of British, French, and German literature.
9781000026719 100002671X 9781000026696 1000026698 9781000026702 1000026701 9780367821548 0367821540
10.4324/9780367821548 doi
Jung, C. G. 1875-1961 --Knowledge--Literature.
Haggard, H. Rider 1856-1925. She.
Benoît, Pierre, 1886-1962. Atlantide.
Meyrink, Gustav, 1868-1932. Grüne Gesicht.
Hay, Marie, Hon. 1873- Evil vineyard.
Fiction--Psychological aspects.
Psychology and literature.
Jungian psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health
PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Jungian
PN3352.P7 F52 2020eb
809.304
Four novels in Jung's 1925 seminar literary discussion and analytical psychology / [electronic resource] : Matthew A Fike. - 1 online resource
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A note on the text -- Introduction -- 1 The anima's many faces in Henry Rider Haggard's She -- 2 The visionary and psychological modes in She -- 3 Anima and history in She -- 4 C. G. Jung on plagiarism in Pierre Benoît's L'Atlantide -- 5 The Jungian matrix of Gustav Meyrink's The Green Face -- 6 Ghosts and the animus in Marie Hay's The Evil Vineyard -- 7 Hypertext in The Evil Vineyard -- Works cited -- Index
C. G. Jung believed that popular fiction often conveyed unvarnished psychological truths. In this volume, Matthew A. Fike skillfully analyzes the novels under consideration in Jung's 1925 seminar on analytical psychology, corrects Jung's ill-informed perspectives, and sheds light on a neglected area of Jungian literary studies. Jung originally planned to discuss several novels about the anima--Henry Rider Haggard's She, Pierre Benot's L'Atlantide, and Gustav Meyrink's The Green Face. At the request of his participants, he dropped Meyrink and included a text about the animus, Marie Hay's The Evil Vineyard. Fike demonstrates that Haggard's She and Benot's L'Atlantide portray anima possession, the visionary and psychological modes, and traditional versus Jungian approaches to history. Meyrink's smorgasbord of Jungian theory and religion makes The Green Face a fictional counterpart to The Red Book, and both Meyrink and Hay depict states of higher consciousness that transcend the archetypes. The distinction between archetypal and spiritual possession demonstrates that The Evil Vineyard is a ghost story, and the study concludes with Hay's dozens of allusions, which provide important metacommentary. Four Novels in Jung's 1925 Seminar, the first comprehensive study of all four texts, complements seminal works by Cornelia Brunner and Barbara Hannah, critiques the seminar discussion recorded in William McGuire's edition of Analytical Psychology: Notes of the Seminar Given in 1925 by C. G. Jung, and incorporates Jung's own comments on the four novels in The Collected Works. Thus, it provides an essential addition to Jungian literary studies and will appeal both to students and practitioners of Jungian analytical psychology and to scholars of British, French, and German literature.
9781000026719 100002671X 9781000026696 1000026698 9781000026702 1000026701 9780367821548 0367821540
10.4324/9780367821548 doi
Jung, C. G. 1875-1961 --Knowledge--Literature.
Haggard, H. Rider 1856-1925. She.
Benoît, Pierre, 1886-1962. Atlantide.
Meyrink, Gustav, 1868-1932. Grüne Gesicht.
Hay, Marie, Hon. 1873- Evil vineyard.
Fiction--Psychological aspects.
Psychology and literature.
Jungian psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health
PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Jungian
PN3352.P7 F52 2020eb
809.304