psychological novel, n.Definitions

The Psychological novel (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠fiction that describes one hero from within; Freud ties it to the modern writer's habit of splitting the ego into many part-egos.

The Psychological novel (n.) explains ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠itself and so obscures the psychic background; it is the non-psychological novel — the detective story, Rider Haggard, Moby Dick — that reveals it in unalloyed purity.