Attachment and Loss in the Works of James Joyce
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- 2021
Summary
Using John Bowlby's Attachment Theory as a frame of reference, Attachment and Loss in the Works of James Joyce critically analyzes James Joyce's representation of grief. Based on cognitive, emotional and behavioral elements, Attachment Theory allows for new and innovative readings to emerge which differ from those offered by Freudian, Lacanian, and Jungian paradigms. Acknowledging the importance of the Theory of Mind and Reader Response, this book uses the concept of internal working models to elucidate how the childhood experiences with which Joyce has endowed his protagonists ultimately leads to how they respond to loss. The texts of Dubliners, Portrait of the Artist and Ulysses, show how central separation and loss were to Joyce’s work. It provides examples of such experiences in different age groups, under differing circumstances and at different stages in the grief process. Attachment Theory highlights the complexity of human relationships throughout the life cycle, not only how they can affect the grief process but how grief affects them.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2021
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-7936-3561-7
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-7936-3562-4
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 230
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Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Preface No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Abbreviations No access
- Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
- The Development of Attachment Theory No access
- Attachment Theory No access
- The Representation of Character and Reader Response No access
- Attachment Theory and Literary Interpretation No access
- Introduction No access
- “The Sisters” No access
- Master Dignam No access
- “Eveline” No access
- “The Dead” No access
- Introduction No access
- Stephen Dedalus No access
- Leopold and Molly Bloom No access
- Introduction No access
- Joyce, Catholicism, and Family No access
- Stephen Dedalus No access
- Leopold Bloom No access
- Summary and Conclusion No access
- Bibliography No access Pages 211 - 224
- Index No access Pages 225 - 228
- About the Author No access Pages 229 - 230





