Male Pathological Grief in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol: A Pastoral Psychological Perspective
In this article, I examine Frankenstein and A Christmas Carol to depict pathological male grief and its relation to larger cultural and economic systems. The lenses brought to this endeavor are pastoral and psychoanalytic. By pastoral, I mean, generally speaking, the ways faith and care are manifest...
| Published in: | Pastoral psychology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science Business Media B. V.
2023
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Pastoral psychology
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| Further subjects: | B
Pathology
B Grief B Transformational objects B Impermanence B Faith B Vulnerability B Mourning B Care |
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| Summary: | In this article, I examine Frankenstein and A Christmas Carol to depict pathological male grief and its relation to larger cultural and economic systems. The lenses brought to this endeavor are pastoral and psychoanalytic. By pastoral, I mean, generally speaking, the ways faith and care are manifested in relationships and are, therefore, integral to the reality of grief and mourning. More specifically, male pathological grief reflects distortions of both care and faith. In terms of a psychoanalytic lens, I rely on depictions of psychological defenses, unconscious motivations, and an altered version of Christopher Bollas’s notion of transformational objects to depict and understand the psychopathology of Victor Frankenstein’s and Ebenezer Scrooge’s grief. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6679 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11089-023-01068-w |