Anaïs Nin Literary Perspectives

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Aesthetic Lies....Pages 3-22
Anaïs, My Sister....Pages 23-29
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Cities of Her Own Invention: Urban Iconology in Cities of the Interior....Pages 33-51
Art, The Dream, The Self....Pages 52-62
Anaïs Nin, the Poet....Pages 63-78
Renate’s Illusions and Delusions in Collages....Pages 79-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Beyond Therapy: The Enduring Love of Anaïs Nin for Otto Rank....Pages 97-111
Anaïs and Her Analysts, Rank and Allendy: The Creative and Destructive Aspects....Pages 112-119
Anaïs Nin’s Journal of Love: Father-Loss and Incestuous Desire....Pages 120-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
The Men in Nin’s (Characters’) Lives....Pages 139-150
Birth and the Linguistics of Gender: Masculine/Feminine....Pages 151-163
Erato Throws a Curve: Anaïs Nin and the Elusive Feminine Voice in Erotica....Pages 164-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Anaïs Nin’s Words of Power and the Japanese Sibyl Tradition....Pages 187-198
Anaïs Nin’s Femininity and the Banana Yoshimoto Phenomenon....Pages 199-210
Between Two Languages: The Translation an Reception of Anaïs Nin in Japan....Pages 211-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Speaking with Your Skeleton: D.H. Lawrence’s Influence on Anaïs Nin....Pages 223-235
Black Snow in Winter: Anaïs Nin in Paris — The Lawrence Durrell Connection....Pages 236-253
The Selling of A Spy in the House of Love....Pages 254-277
Back Matter....Pages 279-281