tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post5790222250701901567..comments2024-03-10T02:24:16.162-07:00Comments on The Scarlet Letter: Literary Blog Hop: Books as Therapy?LBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565867574821169945noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post-88884388582656430732011-07-23T15:52:32.179-07:002011-07-23T15:52:32.179-07:00Personally, it absolutely it, but I think it reall...Personally, it absolutely it, but I think it really depends on the person and their concerns.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287501540207945678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post-19259860813840724272011-07-23T07:53:50.315-07:002011-07-23T07:53:50.315-07:00@L - That's exactly what I figured. Just doub...@L - That's exactly what I figured. Just double checking that we held the same understanding of the phrase: thanks! And I hope you have a lovely weekend.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15101403269247563087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post-55752418956788182282011-07-22T23:15:06.370-07:002011-07-22T23:15:06.370-07:00@Laurie: Vulgar Freud is a reference to using Fre...@Laurie: Vulgar Freud is a reference to using Freud in a really literal way. For example,saying something like Nathaniel Hawthorne hates women because he wanted to sleep with his mother when he was a child. It is just applying Freud without any of the nuance, which he does have, but he also makes it really easy to apply his theories in a "vulgar" way. I agree that obviously the author's life influences his or her writing, just not in a the kind of direct way that Freudian analysis sometimes invites.LBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565867574821169945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post-46537024969450129872011-07-22T19:36:20.552-07:002011-07-22T19:36:20.552-07:00L - Wondering what you mean by "vulgar" ...L - Wondering what you mean by "vulgar" Freudian anaylsis of literature...(I can well imagine, knowing my Freud, but your follow- up sentence pointing to the use of an autobiographical lens on literature made me wonder. I can wax as post-Modernist as anybody, but don't entirely discount the connection between a writer's life and his/her work.)<br />And, Susan: I surely hope that all of us who read and blog have not abandoned play. I know I haven't!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15101403269247563087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post-50144644001264131842011-07-22T18:46:32.902-07:002011-07-22T18:46:32.902-07:00@Susan: That's just what Freud says:) He say...@Susan: That's just what Freud says:) He says that play lets us create our reality, and when we are adults we have to create it through fantasy, which we tend to want to keep secret.LBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565867574821169945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post-56086985716540871612011-07-22T17:46:26.292-07:002011-07-22T17:46:26.292-07:00Almost seems like we read (or write) when we get t...Almost seems like we read (or write) when we get too old to play. Children have creative outlets for their imaginations that adults don't get to use anymore.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567954521782974033noreply@blogger.com