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A "Strange Sapience"

The Creative Imagination of D.H. Lawrence

Daniel Dervin

University of Massachusetts Press, 1984

The aim of this book is twofold: to apply the basic insights of psychoanalytic thought to D.H. Lawrence and his works and to arrive at a deeper appreciation of creative processes in general. Although Lawrence himself was critical of psychoanalysis as a discipline, he nevertheless created a memorable body of fiction that probed the struggle of people trying to achieve wholeness in the face of constricting psychological and environmental obstacles. Through his creation of characters living on the edge of sanity, Lawrence portrayed with great intensity the stifling effects of an industrial social order on the sensual and creative sides of human activity. As a result, he is of lasting interest both for his fictional depictions of the problem of creativity and for his own turbulent striving toward wholeness. Informed by an attentive reading of Lawrence’s total work, a thorough knowledge of his life, and a judicious application of modern psychoanalysis, A “Strange Sapience” provides a compelling account of Lawrence’s artistic maturation. Dervin finds most useful those psychoanalytic writers who share an interest in self and object-relations over the earliest instinct theory of drive and defense, and those who appreciate normal developmental schemes rather than pathological patterns.

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Science and the Creative Imagination in Latin America

Edited by Evelyn Fishburn and Eduardo L. Ortiz

University of London Press, 2004

This book considers the relationship between the humanities and the sciences in a Latin American context. The geographical emphasis is important, given the prominent role of science in the formation of the region's nation-states and its strong presence in Latin American cultural output. Most of the chapters focus on fictional narratives and scientific discourses. Questions of consent, resistance, and ideology in both fields are considered. The historical study of interplay between science and the novel helps identify what people were expected to believe at a given time, and reveals how these beliefs were sustained. This book provides insight into the connection between individual self-understanding and the surrounding world of science, within the broader question of the place of science in Latin American culture.
Chapters include: Darwin in South America: Geology, Imagination and Encounter Walking Backward to the Future: Time, Travel and Race Natural Parts and Unnatural Others: A reflection on Patrimony at the Turn of the 19th Century On the Transition from Realism to the Fantastic in the Argentina of the 1870s: Holmberg and the Six of Cordoba Literature and Science in Martinez Estrada's Work The Nature Effect in Latin American Science Publications: The Case of the Journal Redes Two Scientific Traditions in Martin Fierro Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle in Contemporary Spanish American Fiction Constructing Postcoloniality: Scientific Enquiries in Cien Anos de Soledad Holograms and Simulacra: Bioy Casares, Subiela, Piglia The Desert Poetics of Mario Montalbetti: Writing, Knowledge, Topologies
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