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C.G. Jung and Literary Theory The Challenge from Fiction Susan Rowland C. G. JUNG AND LITERARY THEORY This page intentionally left blank C. G. Jung and Literary Theory The Challenge from Fiction Susan Rowland Senior Lecturer in English University of Greenwich w First published in Great Britain 1999 by MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG2l 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-349-41101-6 ISBN 978-0-230-59764-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230597648 First published in the United States of America 1999 by ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC., Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 978-0-312-22275-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rowland, Susan, 1962- C.G. lung and literary theory : the challenge from fiction I Susan Rowland. p. em. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 978-0-312-22275-8 (cloth) I. Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961. 2. Criticism. 3. Psychoanalysis and literature. I. Title. PN98.P75R69 1999 801'.92-dc21 98-55202 CIP ©Susan Rowland 1999 Softcover reprint of the hardcover I st edition 1999 978-0-333-74720-9 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WI P 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 I 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 To my father, K.T. Rowland (1925-93), a writer This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgements viii Abbreviations ix Introduction: Beyond Traditional Jungian Literary Criticism 1 1 Jung for Literature and Literary Theory 9 2 Jung: Political, Cultural and Historical Context 39 3 A Jungian Reader Theory: Alchemy and The Chymical Wedding by Lindsay Clarke 60 4 Jung and Feminist Narrative: Romantic Virgins in the Early Novels of Michele Roberts 84 5 Hysterical Jung: Michele Roberts' The Book of Mrs Noah and In the Red Kitchen 114 6 Jung, Literature and Fascism: Hopeful Monsters by Nicholas Mosley 141 7 (Post) Colonial Jung: Doris Lessing's Canopus in Argos 165 8 C.G. Jung and Literary Theory 188 Notes 202 Bibliography 218 Glossary 225 Index 231 vn Acknowledgements All the errors in this book are of my own creation and responsibility but there are many people whose help has been incalculable. I am particularly grateful to my doctoral supervisor, Judie Newman of Newcastle University, for her unflagging encouragement and assis tance during the early stages of this work. This book would never have been completed without her invaluable support. I owe a great deal to Gerard Livingstone for philosophy and patience. Hazel Davis, a retired Jungian analyst, has been very helpful in discussing Jungian theory and contemporary analytic practice with me and in reading early versions of Chapter 1. Colleagues at Liverpool University English Department sustained this work during re visions, in particular Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Val Gough and Nick Davis. Greenwich University has assisted my research both materi ally and by providing supportive colleagues and congenial teaching. Special mention should be given to the Theory and Contemporary Writing class of 1997/8 for lively comments on the subjects discussed in the following pages. I thank all my family and friends for their good humour, nourishing meals, computer advice and practical help. vni Abbreviations CW for The Collected Works of C.G. Jung, vols. 1-20, A and B, edited by Sir Herbert Read, Michael Fordham MD, MRCP, Gerhard Adler PhD, translated by R.F.C. Hull (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1953-91). IX
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