Psychoanalysis and literature : the stories we live / Marilyn Charles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Charles, Marilyn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis and literature.

Psychoanalysis in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Psychoanalysis offers many concepts that are extremely useful clinically but not always accessible in the original. Marilyn Charles is noted for her efforts to translate these dense psychoanalytic terms into language that is both accessible and clinically relevant. In Psychoanalysis, Literature, and Life: The Stories We Live, she pairs case vignettes with examples from literature to highlight the essential human struggles that play out in the consulting room. This pairing de-pathologizes those struggles and offers a conceptual framework that can help the clinician facilitate these journeys of

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Foreword""; ""Prologue""; ""I: Literature, Psychoanalysis, and Sensory Experience""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One: Epiphany: The Poet�s Art, The Analyst�s Instrument""; ""Chapter Two: The Waves""; ""II: Trauma""; ""Chapter Three: Falling Man""; ""Chapter Four: Telling Trauma""; ""III: Dreams""; ""Chapter Five: The Book of Intimate Grammar""; ""Chapter Six: Dreamscapes""; ""Chapter Seven: Reparation and Redemption""; ""IV: Cultural Collisions""; ""Chapter Eight: Collisions Between Conscious and Unconscious, East and West""

""Chapter Nine: Cultural Chasms""""V: The Hero�s Quest: Identity and Relatedness""; ""Chapter Ten: Journeys into the Labyrinth, Part I""; ""Chapter Eleven: Through the Unknown, Remembered Gate: Journeys into the Labyrinth, Part II""; ""Chapter Twelve: Standing Outside the Gates""; ""Chapter Thirteen: Identity Derailed""; ""VI: Relatedness, Aging, and Generativity""; ""Chapter Fourteen: Identity, Community, and Object Choice, Part I""; ""Chapter Fifteen: Identity, Community, and Object Choice, Part II""; ""Chapter Sixteen: Aging and Death""; ""Epilogue""; ""References""; ""Index""

""About the Author""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Charles, Marilyn. Psychoanalysis and literature : the stories we live.

ISBN:

1-4422-3184-X

1-4422-3183-1

OCLC:

906576550