Briti kirjandus 20.-21. sajand kordamisküsimused vastustega
Spiritual, possessive girlfriend. Unsettled life: poor
health, stormy relationship with Frieda, German wife of old professor, enlightened him on some
ideas of Freud
Sons and Lovers. Oedipus complex and the formation of the artist.
Largely autobiographical-with claims to universiality. Study of a man having an Oedipus complex.
The tragedy of thousand of young men in England.Modernist /freudian .Bildung: not so much in
intellectual/aesthetic/social growth: in trying to fitgh the ond of mother's love. Love of possessive
woman. Over one's individual freedom. Casting away of background, birthplace, ties.
7. TS Eliot's poetry. Objective correlative. The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock. Paralysis,
anxiety, fragmentation as typical features of the modern world and human condition
(The Waste Land, The Hollow Men)
TS Eliot's poetry : brushed 19th c aside. Standard: 17th c metaphysical poets. Poetry: more
subtle, suggestive, precise