Anima and Africa

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'Anima and Africa is exciting and important for Jungian studies, literary criticism and postcolonialism. It mines the neglected ore of Jung's fascination with Africa and his recognition of its power within western literature. Covering key authors such as Aphra Behn, Hemingway, Coetzee, and Kingsolver, Fike illuminates the feminine constellated in imagining Africa, as well as Africa's cultural being in Jung's writing.' - Susan Rowland, Chair MA Engaged Humanities and the Creative Life, Pacifica Graduate Institute, USA.

'This illuminating study shows how wide-ranging and useful a Jungian approach to literature can be, and explores the very different ways in which a man's problem with his anima lies at the heart of a selection of some of the finest novels about Africa. Strongly recommended.' - Terence Dawson, co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Jung 'Anima and Africa is exciting and important for Jungian studies, literary criticism and postcolonialism. It mines the neglected ore of Jung's fascination with Africa and his recognition of its power within western literature. Covering key authors such as Aphra Behn, Hemingway, Coetzee, and Kingsolver, Fike illuminates the feminine constellated in imagining Africa, as well as Africa's cultural being in Jung's writing.' - Susan Rowland, Chair MA Engaged Humanities and the Creative Life, Pacifica Graduate Institute, USA

'This illuminating study shows how wide-ranging and useful a Jungian approach to literature can be, and explores the very different ways in which a man's problem with his anima lies at the heart of a selection of some of the finest novels about Africa. Strongly recommended.' - Terence Dawson, co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Jung