The Ecocritical Psyche: Literature Evolutionary Complexity and Jung

The Ecocritical Psyche unites literary studies, ecocriticism, Jungian ideas, mythology and complexity evolution theory for the first time, developing the aesthetic aspect of psychology and science as deeply as it explores evolution in Shakespeare and Jane Austen. In this book, Susan Rowland scrutinizes literature to understand how we came to treat ‘nature’ as separate from ourselves and encourages us to re-think what we call ‘human.’ By digging into symbolic, mythological and evolutionary fertility in texts such as The Secret Garden, The Tempest, Wuthering Heights and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the book argues that literature is where the imagination, estranged from nature in modernity, is rooted in the non-human other. The Ecocritical Psyche is unique in its interdisciplinary expansion of literature, psyche, science and myth. It develops Jungian aesthetics to show how Jung’s symbols correlate with natural signifying, providing analytical psychology with a natural home in ecocritical literary theory. The book is therefore essential reading for seasoned analysts and those in training as well as academics involved in literary studies and Jungian psychology.Additional ISBNs9780415550932, 9781136502965, 9781136502910, 9781136502903, 9781136502934, 9781136502927, 9780203144398The Ecocritical Psyche: Literature, Evolutionary Complexity and Jung 1st Edition is written by Susan Rowland and published by Routledge. ISBNs for The Ecocritical Psyche are 9781136502958, 1136502955 and the print ISBNs are 9780415550949, 0415550947. Additional ISBNs include 9780415550932, 9781136502965, 9781136502910, 9781136502903, 9781136502934, 9781136502927, 9780203144398.