Reading the family dance : family systems therapy and literary study / edited by John V. Knapp and Kenneth Womack.

Other author Knapp, John V., 1940-
Other author Womack, Kenneth.
Format Book
Publication InfoNewark : University of Delaware Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, ©2003.
Description333 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Families in literature.
Literature, Modern--20th century. --History and criticism.
American literature--20th century. --History and criticism.
English literature--20th century. --History and criticism.
Systemic therapy (Family therapy)

Contents Family systems therapy and literary study: an introduction -- The self: family systems therapy and the quest for identity ; Lucy Honeychurch's rage for selfhood: family systems therapy, ethics, and E.M. Forster's A room with a view / Kenneth Womack -- The enigmatic Jane Eyre: a differentation story without family in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre / Rosemary D. Babcock -- "Even now China wraps double binds around my feet": family communication in the woman warrior and Dim Sum / Gary Storhoff -- Exploring the matrix of identity in Barbara Kingsolver's Animal dreams / Lee Ann De Reus -- The family: family systems therapy and the discourse of community ; Family dynamics and property acquisitions in Clarissa / Joan I. Schwarz -- Circular ties: a family systems reading of A.S. Byatt's The game / Steven Snyder -- Family systems therapy and narrative in Toni Morrison's The bluest eye / Jerome Bump -- Forging a family discourse in Marilene Felinto's The women of Tijucopapo, or, Unraveling the intricacies of miscommunication / Sara E. Cooper -- Family games and imbroglio in Hamlet / John V. Knapp -- The world: reading family systems in extremis ; Crusading for the family: Kurt Vonnegut's ethics of familial community / Todd F. Davis -- Hollywood exiles: Nathanael West's The day of the locust and family systems therapy / James M. Decker -- Are happy families all alike?: the strange case of Dr. Petruchio and Ms. Katherine / Marco Malaspina -- Transgenerational subsystems in Flannery O'Connor's short fiction / Denis Jonnes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 305-324) and index.
LCCN 2002152984
ISBN087413823X (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PN56.F3 R43 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold