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title	:	Diaries to an English Professor : Pain and Growth in the Classroom
author	:	Berman, Jeffrey.
publisher	:	University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0870239279
print isbn13	:	9780870239274
ebook isbn13	:	9780585142012
language	:	English
subject	English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--Psychological aspects, Creative writing (Higher education)--Psychological aspects, Literature--Study and teaching (Higher)--Psychological aspects, Diaries--Authorship--Psychological aspects, Books and readin
publication date	:	1994
lcc	:	PE1404.B464 1994eb
ddc	:	920.0973
subject	:	English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--Psychological aspects, Creative writing (Higher education)--Psychological aspects, Literature--Study and teaching (Higher)--Psychological aspects, Diaries--Authorship--Psychological aspects, Books and readin

Page iii Diaries to an English Professor Pain and Growth in the Classroom Jeffrey Berman The University of Massachusetts Press / Amherst

Page iv Copyright 1994 by The University of Massachusetts Press Afterword copyright 1994 by Maryanne Hannan All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 94-10564 ISBN 0-87023-927-9 (cloth); 928-7 (pbk.) Designed by Mary Mendell Set in Berkeley Medium by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Berman, Jeffrey, 1945 Diaries to an English professor: pain and growth in the classroom / Jeffrey Berman. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) ISBN 0-87023-927-9 (alk. paper). ISBN 0-87023-928-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. English languageRhetoricStudy and teachingPsychological aspects. 2. LiteratureStudy and teaching (Higher)Psychological aspects. 3. DiariesAuthorshipPsychological aspects. 4. Books and readingPsychological aspects. 5. Psychoanalysis and literature. 1. Title. PE1404.B464 1994 920.0973dc20 94-10564 CIP [B] British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.

Page v To Jerome Eckstein, professor of Judaic Studies, University at Albany, and Sophie Freud, professor emerita, Simmons College School of Social Work, for their wisdom and abiding friendship, And to my Literature-and Psychoanalysis students, the real authors of this book.

Page vii Contents Acknowledgments ix 1 Introduction 1 2 English 215: Literature and Psychoanalysis, Summer 19 8 3 Sins of the Fathers 42 4 Hunger Artists 87 5 Suicide Survivors 123 6 Sexual Disclosures 179 7 Teaching Empathically 223 Afterword, by Maryanne Hannan 243 Appendix 275 Notes 279 Index 295 Student Diarists 300

Page ix Acknowledgments It is a pleasure to acknowledge my gratitude to the many people who helped me write this book. My University at Albany colleagues Britta Mach of the German Department and Randall Craig, Eugene Garber, Mark Nepo, and Steve North of the English Department read one or more chapters of the manuscript and made valuable suggestions. I am grateful to the many kindnesses extended to me by my department chair, Warren Ginsberg. Thanks also to past department chairsJohn Gerber, Eugene Garber, and William Dumbletonfor allowing me to teach courses in literature and psychoanalysis. Marshall W. Alcorn, Jr., of George Washington University, encouraged me to explore some of the theoretical implications of diary writing. Andrew Berry, Linda Cunning, Mary Martin, Stephanie Meyer, Julie Nark, Anna Rosen, and Tim Walter also provided encouragement, as did my former editor, Jason Renker. A University at Albany Faculty Research Grant-in-Aid offered timely financial assistance; and the university administration, particularly Jeanne Gullahorn, vice president for research and graduate studies, provided me with the necessary computer equipment to complete the project. I am grateful to the staff at the University of Massachusetts Press, especially Clark Dougan, senior editor, for his enthusiasm and expertise. I also wish to thank the two anonymous readers of the manuscript for their constructive criticisms. Thanks also to Craig Noll for his careful copyediting. An abridged version of Chapter 5, entitled "'The Grief That Does Not Speak': Suicide, Mourning, and Psychoanalytic Teaching," first appeared in Self-Analysis in Literary Study, edited by Daniel Rancour-Laferriere and published by New York University Press. To Maryanne Hannan, I owe a special thanks. Reading her Afterword, I

Page x had the sense that she had captured unerringly not only my comments on student diaries and my teaching style but also aspects of my character. Without Maryanne's contribution, this book would have been incomplete. To my wife, Barbara, and my daughters, Arielle and Jillian, I can only say, once again, "Thank you for your love, faith, and support." Finally, in dedicating this book to my students, who entrusted their diaries to me, I regret that I cannot thank them individually by name.

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