On the way home : conversations between writers and psychoanalysts / by Marie Bridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bridge, Marie, author.

Contributor:

Bridge, Marie.

Series:

On the way home

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis and literature--Great Britain.

Psychoanalysis and literature.

Novelists, English--20th century--Interviews.

Novelists, English.

Authors--Psychology.

Authors.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].

Summary:

Literature was present at the birth of psychoanalysis. When Freud made his momentous discovery of the Oedipus complex within himself and his patients, he recognised that this psychic configuration had already been depicted in Sophocles's tragedy. The father of psychoanalysis wrote "The poets and philosophers before me discovered the unconscious. What I discovered was only the scientific method by which the unconscious might be studied". On the Way Home is a collection of public dialogues which bring together authors whose work similarly provokes recognition and resonance in the minds of readers; analysts with a professional and passionate interest in the unconscious and a wish to learn from writers; and a wide audience of people interested in literature and psychoanalysis. The dialogues intend to forge links between psychoanalysis and other disciplines, including the physical and the social sciences, history and literature. They are held at the Institute of Psychoanalysis and attract a wide audience.

Contents:

Cover; Copy Right; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; Introduction; Rose Tremain in conversation with Margot Waddell; A.S. Byatt in conversation with Ignês Sodré; Brenda Maddox in conversation with Helen Taylor Robinson; Philip Pullman in conversation with Marie Bridge

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-84940-611-1

0-367-32582-9

0-429-47806-2

0-429-91706-6

9786613826954

1-283-51450-8

0-429-90283-2

1-283-06924-5

9786613069245

1-84940-559-X

9780429478062

OCLC:

723944633