[Hardy-l] postscript two

[Jackie Wilkinson]

     I know I digress a little here, Arthur, but in a section I am working
on regarding Little Father Time I discovered this extract from the Journal
of Children in Contemporary Society (1982) regarding Hardy's depiction of
the child:
     'Problems are often dramatised in literature long before they are
recognised as contemporary social issues [. . .]  After years of debate, and
almost a hundred years after Hardy wrote about Little Father Time, a growing
number of specialists in the medical profession are concluding that children
can suffer from depression' Mary Frank    
     Source: Mary Frank,  'Introduction to Childhood Depression', Journal of
Children in Contemporary society, , ed. by Mary Frank (Kingston, Ontario:
The Haworth Press, 1983), p.1.
     In my studies I have been interested to learn of Hardy's interest in
psychology, counting among his friends several psychologists including
Crichton-Browne, an expert on child suicide. Hardy never ceases to amaze me,
his research, in all areas, is so thorough and often ground-breaking.
     Jacky Wilkinson
     PhD candidate, Lancaster University 
      
     -----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Efron [mailto:efron at buffalo.edu] 
Sent: 23 November 2008 14:18
To: hardy-l at coyote.csusm.edu; efron at buffalo.edu
Subject: [Hardy-l] postscript two
     
     In my book on TESS, I recount a little tale about Freud and Hardy. I 
     don't think it is well-known, and it is relevant to my determination to

     deal with Tess as a character in  a novel who should be regarded as if 
     she is a full human being who has an unconscious. Quote from my book:
     
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     As for Hardy's psychological insight, perhaps this comment by Sigmund 
     Freud will suffice:  "He knew psychoanalysis." Freud said this in 1923,

     as he looked up from the copy of  TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES  that he
was 
     reading.
     
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     All the best,
     
     --Art Efron
     
     
     
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