ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii INTRODUCTION 1 1. THE COUCH OF ORESTES 13 2. FAMILY ROMANCES 41 3. THE SPACE OF OLYMPIA 88 4. MANET P?RE ER FILS 114 5. THE PROMISES OF A FACE 147 CONCLUSION 172 NOTES 180 BIBLIOGRAPHY 205 INDEX 219 PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS 224
Manet and the Family Romance will be a thunderbolt thrust into the community of Manet scholars, recasting our comprehension of some of the touchstones of modern painting in terms of the Freudian family romance. Nancy Locke's persuasive psychoanalytic study has also unearthed precious and altogether new information about the artist's family and the social and personal conditions in which he worked. Indeed, a central achievement of this book is its demonstration that social history and psychoanalysis need not be mutually exclusive. -- Hollis Clayson, Northwestern University
Nancy Locke is Associate Professor of Art History at Penn State. She has contributed articles to numerous edited volumes and to such journals as "The Burlington Magazine" and "The Art Bulletin".
A work that seamlessly weaves social history and psyochanalysis... Locke maintains organization and clear writing, carefully reasons her methodology, does not overstretch her assertions, and provides sufficient documentation. -- "Choice I think that Locke's study of Manet is indispensable... She challenges received ideas with real gusto and brilliance. -- Richard Brettell, The Art Bulletin Where would art history be without scholars such as Locke pushing the limits? Whether or not her hypotheses withstand the test of time, her superbly researched and argued study posits new avenues for reading the work of Manet as well as a whole generation of artists consumed with their own family romances. -- Kristin Makholm, Ruminator Review
A work that seamlessly weaves social history and psyochanalysis... Locke maintains organization and clear writing, carefully reasons her methodology, does not overstretch her assertions, and provides sufficient documentation. -- "Choice I think that Locke's study of Manet is indispensable... She challenges received ideas with real gusto and brilliance. -- Richard Brettell, The Art Bulletin Where would art history be without scholars such as Locke pushing the limits? Whether or not her hypotheses withstand the test of time, her superbly researched and argued study posits new avenues for reading the work of Manet as well as a whole generation of artists consumed with their own family romances. -- Kristin Makholm, Ruminator Review
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