Psychological
Abstract
Psychological criticism approaches literary works as revelations of their authors’ minds and personalities. Psychological critics see literary works as intimately linked with the mental and emotional characteristics of their authors, along with reflections of the writers’ consciousness and mental worlds. Some psychological critics explore a writer’s creative processes, reading literary works for clues to a writer’s creative imagination. Psychological critics study not only the authors of literary works, but also the characters they create, Shakespeare’s Hamlet, for example, or Franz Kafka’s Gregor Samsa.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics
Modernist Literature and Criticism
American and British Literature Analysis
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 210–212
- Publication date
- 11 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter