Martin Halliwell

Nicholas Manning

This volume explores the myriad interactions between American literature and psychological discourses in the United States, from self-help to alternative health practices to psychotherapeutic approaches. Spanning the 1940s to the 2020s, it sheds light on the development and conceptualization of therapeutic culture during a century in which it has oscillated between clinical and cultural domains. Bringing together an intergenerational group of scholars from France, the UK and the US, the collection examines authors as varied as William Carlos Williams, Lionel Trilling, Sylvia Plath, Philip Roth, Colson Whitehead, Daniel Suarez and Ottessa Moshfegh. Moving beyond the conventional focus on psychoanalysis, the eleven contributors foreground how American literature is animated by broader therapeutic modes and trajectories. At stake are not only literature's historical links to psychological theories and institutions, but the neoliberal framing of literary texts as tools for personal restoration.

American Literature and Therapeutic Cultures

Marie-Aude de Langenhagen

Léa Thalmard

Giulia Oskian

Traitant du sujet de Lettres et Philo des classes préparatoires scientifiques pour la session 2013-2014, cet ouvrage réunit des spécialistes des différentes œuvres au programme et de littérature comparée pour offrir un ouvrage extrêmement pratique et intelligent dans une collection plébiscitée par les élèves et leurs professeurs.

Nicholas Manning

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