Title A Gorgon's mask : the mother in Thomas Mann's fiction / Lewis A. Larson.

Descript 1 online resource (435 pages) : illustrations Series Psychoanalysis and culture ; 12 Psychoanalyse en cultuur ; 12. Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; I. Introduction; II. Early Works; III. The Magic Mountain; IV. Mann meets Freud; V. Joseph and His Brothers; VI. Doctor Faustus; VII. The Holy Sinner; VIII. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. Summary The thesis of A Gorgon's mask: The Mother in Thomas Mann's Fiction depends upon three psychoanalytic concepts: Freud's early work on the relationship between the infant and its mother and on the psychology of artistic creation, Annie Reich's analysis of the grotesque-comic sublimation, and Edmund Bergler's analysis of writer's block. Mann's crisis of sexual anxiety in late adolescence is presented as the defining moment for his entire artistic life. In the throes of that crisis he included a sketch of a female as Gorgon in a book that would not escape his mother's notice. But to defend himself. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 -- Criticism and interpretation. Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 -- Psychology. Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 (OCoLC)fst00029132 Mothers in literature. Grotesque in literature. Medicine in literature. Psychoanalysis. Mothers -- Psychology. Mothers -- psychology Medicine in Literature Psychoanalytic Theory Psychoanalysis psychoanalysis. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German. Psychoanalysis. (OCoLC)fst01081235 Mothers -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01026981 Medicine in literature. (OCoLC)fst01015167 Grotesque in literature. (OCoLC)fst00948126 Mothers in literature. (OCoLC)fst01027013 Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01081447 ISBN 1417591196 (electronic bk.) 9781417591190 (electronic bk.) 9789401201827 940120182X 9042017457 (alk. paper) 9789042017450