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Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion (London, Methuen 1981) `wide-ranging and stimulating’ Times Literary Supplement This is an ambitious study of the fantastic in literature from Gothic novels, through Dickens and Poe to Kafka and Pynchon. Drawing on Todorov, structuralism and psychoanalysis, it has become a `classic’ text on the subject and is still widely set on university courses. It was translated into both Spanish and Italian in 1986, and into Korean in 2001. |
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The Eye of the Buddha and other Therapeutic Tales (London, Women's Press, 1991) Long before David Lodge was putting therapy into fiction, came this collection of short stories, both serious and ironic, about the experiences, virtues and pitfalls of being in or practising therapy. It particularly explores the conflict between classic Freudian analysis and `new age’ models.'Riveting and moving, these witty, clever affecting tales envelop us in the experience of psychoanalysis and its new age step-children.' - Susie Orbach.
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Mothers Who Leave: Behind the Myth of Women Without Their Children (London, Harper Collins, 1994) A moving and compassionate discussion about the whole issue of mothering in our society. It moves from reading cultural representations of women living without their children, e.g. in Victorian fictions such as East Lynne and Hollywood films such as Kramer versus Kramer, to sharing real stories. It also discusses some of the social and psychological causes which break up `normal’ mothering patterns. It had extensive coverage and seemed to have an influence for the better, creating a more sensitive environment for compassionate rather than sensational debate. It was translated into German in 1995.`a superb contribution to our understanding’ Griselda Pollock `shows extraordinary tact, insight and integrity’ E.Ann Kaplan | |
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Frieda Lawrence: Including Not I, But the Wind (London, Harper Collins, 1994) A republication of Frieda Lawrence’s Memoirs, prefaced by a long critical reappraisal. It explores the mythologising of the woman and the sexual politics surrounding her elopement and marriage to D.H. Lawrence. This too was translated into German in 1995.`thoroughly enjoyable... scholarly but concise’ John Fowles `illuminating and highly readable’ Helen Dunmore |
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