The Deceived Husband A Kleinian Approach to the Literature of Infidelity
, by Sinclair, AlisonNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780198151906 | 019815190X
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 1/13/1994
This is an ambitious and original study of the representation in European literature of adultery, focusing in particular on the figure of the husband. Detailed discussions of a wide range of texts, including The Canterbury Tales , The Decameron , Othello , Madame Bovary , and Anna Karenina reveal that fundamental anxieties about masculinity are repeatedly articulated in two main characterizations of the deceived husband: the cuckold and the man of honor. Innovative and challenging, The Deceived Husband is an important examination of a previously neglected aspect of European literature and of psychoanalytic literary criticism in general.