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Alberto Castelli - Self on Trial, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

Self on Trial

Literary Form and Psychological Analysis

Av Alberto Castelli

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Beskrivning
The Self on Trial is an inquiry into the self and its pathological behaviors. The author observes 20th-century fiction and studies it through a psychological reading. It is evident that the century has produced self-destructive characters whose behaviors and choices are an ultimate form of consummation – primitive, elementary, and inexplicable. Why cannot Prufrock ask the overwhelming question? What is the reason for Humbert’s sexual attraction to Lolita? Why do we destroy what we love the most? The author reveals, through literary representations, aberrations of the ego that come into existence when already existing psychological dispositions meet a specific social habitat.An important contribution, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of comparative literature, world literature, philosophy, psychology, poetry, and modern fiction. It will appeal to those who try to understand the nature of one’s inexplicability.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2025-12-08
  • Mått: 156 x 234 x 15 mm
  • Vikt: 520 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 170
  • Förlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781041164036
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Alberto Castelli is a well-established writer and a humanities professor at Hainan University. He is known for his extensive work on modernism, postmodern dynamics, and cross-cultural studies. He authored 13 academic books and some 60 manuscripts for academic outlets. At the moment he lives in China. By the sea.

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"Probing into the entrenched bond between love, sexuality, and violence and its function of state-building in twentieth century Latin America, this book is a fascinating re-interpretation of the literature within the context of the political and social tumults. Rethinking history in an age when authoritative history is mistrusted, its clarification on the “structure of feeling” of Latin American geo-cultural reality points to a cartographic imagination and re-enchantment of the complex reality. A must read for students of literature, sociology and cultural studies."Xiaoping Wang, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at Tongji University, China. "In Labyrinths of Love, Alberto Castelli offers sensitive and perceptive new investigations of some of the major voices in Latin American literature. In so doing, he examines various conceptions of love and how they both intersect with and subvert larger sociopolitical concerns. Castelli's volume delivers a strong combination of theoretical understanding and close reading."James M. Decker (Ph.D.), Co-Editor, Interdisciplinary Literary Studies.

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