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Psychoanalysis and The Lord of the Rings: A Meltzerian Perspective on Frodo’s Journey

By (author) Adrian Smith

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Psychoanalysis and The Lord of the Rings offers a psychoanalytical perspective on The Lord of the Rings, informed by the Kleinian school within psychoanalysis, especially the work of Donald Meltzer. Treating Tolkienâ€™s work as a bildungsroman, a forming novel or come-of-age tale, this study tracks Frodoâ€™s journey as the evolving ego of the tale whilst other characters, in the main, are his internal objects. The various domains he passes through in Middle-Earth strongly correlate with Meltzerâ€™s descriptions of the compartments of the internal mother: an internal phantasy and retreat to a seemingly safe â€˜enclosed spaceâ€™, or â€˜Claustrumâ€™. The book presents a coherent psychoanalytical interpretation of Frodoâ€™s journey and breaks down Meltzerâ€™s challenging ideas to make them more accessible in the context of Frodoâ€™s venture through Middle-Earth. This book is primarily for scholars of Tolkien Studies, as well as literary scholars interested in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytical approaches to twentieth-century literature.

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