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Chapter 2: Violating the Sanctuary/Asylum: Freudian Treatment of Hysteria in "Dora" and "The Yellow Wallpaper" Before I go any further with this response to Harris' work, I have to say that I have a particular interpretation of Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" that I have never seen discussed anywhere. I approached this chapter hoping someone else would see what I had seen in the text but, like the...
11/8/2007 3:36:47 PM
Chapter 1: The Healing Effects of Writing about Pain: Literature and Psychoanalysis I am struggling with some of the truth in this chapter. Not because I presume to argue the point or suggest that Harris is not presenting a valid argument. On the contrary. I am resistant because I know it is true and yet I am powerless to help someone I know to see the truth. "Some people are compelled to repeat what...
11/7/2007 6:26:50 AM
Having read Judith Harris' poetry in The Bad Secret (which I enthusiastically gave to my mother after I finished), I knew I would approach reading Signifying Pain eagerly. I did not know, however, how exciting it would be for me to read. Because it is a more academic type of writing, the reading goes slowly. The density of ideas and suggestions gives me much reason to pause and here I am hoping to...
11/6/2007 2:22:35 PM