Current Search: Androgyny Psychology (x)
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ADRIENNE RICH'S ANDROGYNE: SURVIVOR IN A POLARIZED WASTELAND.
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Creator
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KAPLAN, MARLYNE (MARZI)., Florida Atlantic University, Pearce, Howard D.
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Abstract/Description
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Adrienne Rich's androgyne is a fusion of archetypal primal myths and modern psychical concepts of androgyny focusing on the dual components--male and female--present in each psyche, departing from the polarized role myths heretofore influencing and dominating literature. Early mythic and literary examples of androgyny trace the development of androgynous primal beings in Genesis and the Upanishads, androgynous women in the mythology of virgin births, Sappho's bisexual poetry, Plato's...
Show moreAdrienne Rich's androgyne is a fusion of archetypal primal myths and modern psychical concepts of androgyny focusing on the dual components--male and female--present in each psyche, departing from the polarized role myths heretofore influencing and dominating literature. Early mythic and literary examples of androgyny trace the development of androgynous primal beings in Genesis and the Upanishads, androgynous women in the mythology of virgin births, Sappho's bisexual poetry, Plato's Symposium and Er myths, and the hermaphrodite in Greek and Roman mythology. More recently the approach to androgyny has been Jungian, fusing dual elements in the psyche, manifesting itself in the works of Coleridge, Woolf, Whitman, Eliot and modern feminists. Rich considers the androgyne in its social context, exploring patriarchy, role consciousness and language power. Possessing a bardic vision enabling her to see beyond the traditional stereotyped roles of a polarized wasteland, Rich focuses on the androgyne as a survivor.
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Date Issued
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1975
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13720
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Subject Headings
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Rich, Adrienne Cecile--Criticism and interpretation, Androgyny (Psychology)
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Document (PDF)
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"None of us are androgynous": Androgyny in William Faulkner's "The Wild Palms".
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Creator
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Dawsey, Teresa Russell., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
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Androgyny in literature is not a new topic. In William Faulkner's The Wild Palms, however, the significance of androgyny as theme has been largely overlooked. Androgyny is defined as the harmonious balance derived from accepting those individual aspects defined culturally and socially as masculine and feminine beyond the physical and biological. In this novel, Harry Wilbourne, a doctor and scientist, denies his androgyny while Charlotte Rittenmeyer, his lover and a sculptor, finds comfort and...
Show moreAndrogyny in literature is not a new topic. In William Faulkner's The Wild Palms, however, the significance of androgyny as theme has been largely overlooked. Androgyny is defined as the harmonious balance derived from accepting those individual aspects defined culturally and socially as masculine and feminine beyond the physical and biological. In this novel, Harry Wilbourne, a doctor and scientist, denies his androgyny while Charlotte Rittenmeyer, his lover and a sculptor, finds comfort and harmony in both her masculine and feminine traits. Harry faces a gender identity crisis when Charlotte, pregnant, decides to abort their child. Only after Charlotte dies of a botched abortion does Harry accept his memories--his responsibility for his past life with Charlotte (a masculine characteristic)--as well as his grief--over Charlotte's death and the loss of the grand passion he shared with her (feminine emotions). Harry, reborn, becomes a man: harmonious in his androgyny.
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Date Issued
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1998
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15560
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Subject Headings
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Androgyny (Psychology) in literature., Faulkner, William,--1897-1962--Wild palms
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Document (PDF)
