Margaret Ann Fitzpatrick
Biographic Data
| ID | 5522260 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Ann Fitzpatrick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret Ann |
| FAMILY NAME | Fitzpatrick |
| SIGNATURE | FITZPATRICK M A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Creativity and oedipal fantasy in Austen's Emma
Austen's Emma is one of the great novels of the Western tradition. In this paper the author explores the meaning of Emma's ‘ingenious and animating suspicion’ that Jane Fairfax seduced her best friend's husband, Mr Dixon. The interpretation that a psychoanalytic understanding makes possible shows how this suspicion represents an oedipal fantasy projected on to Miss Fairfax. Further exploration demonstrates how the fantasy is linked both to Emma's…
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Creativity and oedipal fantasy in Austen's Emma
Austen's Emma is one of the great novels of the Western tradition. In this paper the author explores the meaning of Emma's ‘ingenious and animating suspicion’ that Jane Fairfax seduced her best friend's husband, Mr Dixon. The interpretation that a psychoanalytic understanding makes possible shows how this suspicion represents an oedipal fantasy projected on to Miss Fairfax. Further exploration demonstrates how the fantasy is linked both to Emma's…
Art (1 work) · Creativity (1 work) · Fantasy (1 work) · Literature (1 work) · Literature Analysis and Criticism (1 work) · Psychoanalysis (1 work) · Psychology (1 work) · Social Psychology (1 work) · Social Psychology (1 work)