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Francis of Assisi as artist of the spiritual life : an object relations theory perspective / Andrew T. McCarthy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCarthy, Andrew T.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian saints--Italy--Assisi--Biography.
- Christian saints.
- Object relations (Psychoanalysis).
- Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.
- Francis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book applies modern psychological understanding to a historical person. This work focuses on one aspect - Francis' imagination - and an analysis of Francis' writings builds on a survey of modern views of the imagination and the approach of Object Relations Theory.
- Contents:
- Purpose and introduction
- Influences on the formation of medieval imaginations
- The imagination as viewed in contemporary theories
- D. W. Winnicott and the object relations theory
- Object relations theory after Winnicott
- Experience and relationship: the imaginative activity of Francis of Assisi
- Change, faith, and the image of God: the imagination of Francis of Assisi
- Meaning and conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-272) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7618-8779-2
- 0-7618-5251-4
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