Machine generated contents note: pt. One Philosophy and Literature of the Unconscious -- Introduction -- One. Sources of the Idea of the Unconscious -- Two. Unconscious in Russian Literature -- Three. Unconscious in Scandinavian Literature -- Four. Unconscious in Bergsonism -- Five. Unconscious in Experimental Psychology -- Six. Unconscious in Psychoanalysis -- pt. Two Unconscious in French Literature -- Introduction -- Seven. First Manifestations of the Unconscious in Literature -- Eight. Extension of the Theory of the Unconscious in Literature -- Nine. Unconscious as a Means of Psychological Exploration -- Ten. Abnormal Unconscious in Literature -- Eleven. Unconscious in Literary Criticism -- Twelve. Unconscious in Surrealism -- Thirteen. Opposition to the Unconscious
Summary
Annotation. This book traces the idea of the unconscious as it emerges in French and European literature. It discusses the functioning of the normal unconscious mind and provides examples of the abnormal unconscious in poems and literature. Psychiatric cases as they are understood today are illustrated as mirrored in literature describing the functioning of the disturbed mind
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-329) and index
