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Dis/figuration in the stories of Jean Stafford

Dis/figuration in the stories of Jean Stafford
Dis/figuration in the stories of Jean Stafford
This article explores the complex relationships between bodily change and psychic disturbance as represented in the stories of Jean Stafford. It is argued that Stafford is intensely aware of the significance of the material body in the formation of identity. Drawing on Freud's concept of the 'body ego', that is, the complex map of the body formed through interaction with the material world and with others, it is suggested that Stafford's fiction discloses the hidden, often disavowed connections between 'bodily sensations' or 'internal perceptions' and the ego.
bodily change, psychic disturbance, body ego, stafford's fiction
0306-2473
109-117
Hanson, Clare
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Hanson, Clare
4be8b499-6221-4df0-a8ef-e12414422fa5

Hanson, Clare (2001) Dis/figuration in the stories of Jean Stafford. Yearbook of English Studies, 31 (1), 109-117. (doi:10.2307/3509377).

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This article explores the complex relationships between bodily change and psychic disturbance as represented in the stories of Jean Stafford. It is argued that Stafford is intensely aware of the significance of the material body in the formation of identity. Drawing on Freud's concept of the 'body ego', that is, the complex map of the body formed through interaction with the material world and with others, it is suggested that Stafford's fiction discloses the hidden, often disavowed connections between 'bodily sensations' or 'internal perceptions' and the ego.

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Published date: 1 January 2001
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Keywords: bodily change, psychic disturbance, body ego, stafford's fiction

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Local EPrints ID: 48000
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/48000
DOI: doi:10.2307/3509377
ISSN: 0306-2473
PURE UUID: c4ff3cf4-a9db-40f7-a164-44a0ea1c278e
ORCID for Clare Hanson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4641-9483

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Date deposited: 17 Aug 2007
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:52

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