Susan Rowland's Jungian reading of Thomas Hardy's fiction — analyzing Hardy's tragic novels through the lens of archetypal psychology, examining how Hardy's characters embody the tension between the solar ego and the chthonic unconscious.
Demonstrates Jungian literary method applied to Hardy — showing how his tragic heroines and heroes can be understood as personas overwhelmed by shadow material, and how Hardy's pessimistic universe reflects the unconscious's resistance to conscious control.
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