Post-Jungian Psychology and the Short Stories of Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut: Golden Apples of the Monkey House

by Steve Gronert Ellerhoff

Book Overview

In this book, Steve Gronert Ellerhoff explores short stories by Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut, written between 1943 and 1968, with a post-Jungian approach. Drawing upon archetypal theories of myth from Joseph Campbell, James Hillman and their forbearer C. G. Jung, Ellerhoff demonstrates how short fiction follows archetypal patterns that can illuminate our understanding of the authors, their times, and their culture. In practice, a post-Jungian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815359942
• ISBN13: 9780815359944
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages