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Examining lives : self-reflections in psychobiography / edited by William McKinley Runyan, Alan C. Elms, Ramsay Bell Breslin.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Explorations in narrative psychology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychology--Biographical methods--Case studies.
- Psychology.
- Biography--Psychological aspects--Case studies.
- Biography.
- Motion pictures--Production and direction--Psychology--Case studies.
- Motion pictures.
- Musicians--Psychology--Case studies.
- Musicians.
- Authors, English--Psychology--Case studies.
- Authors, English.
- Political activists--Psychology--Case studies.
- Political activists.
- Biography--Psychological aspects.
- Genre:
- Case studies
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- illustration
- Other Title:
- Self-reflections in psychobiography
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- 'Examining Lives' contains psychobiographical studies of people of achievement whose lives impact their work. Those examined are filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock; musicians Glenn Gould and Elvis Presley; authors Flannery O'Connor and C.S. Lewis; political activist Emma Goldman; and artists Mark Rothko, Ferdinand Hodler, and Stephen De Staebler.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Examining lives: self-reflections in psychobiography / Stephen T. Walrod
- Terminating Mark Rothko: biography is mourning in reverse / James E. B. Breslin
- The psychology of mourning in the sculpture of Stephen De Staebler / Ramsay Bell Breslin
- Plate section 1 / Stephen T. Walrod
- “The intensity of seeing for the last time”: Ferdinand Hodler and the death of Valentine Godé-Darel / Stephen T. Walrod
- Plate section 2 / Stephen T. Walrod
- C.S. Lewis and Shadowlands: reflections on grief, biography, film and personal experience / Madelon Sprengnether
- Shooting to kill: Hitchcock’s heroines and the perverse scenario / Marilyn Fabe
- From rage to re-vision: a backward glance at the relation between personal conflict and professional writing / Claire Kahane
- Nearer my subject to thee: thirty plus years of a documentary editor’s engagement with Emma Goldman / Candace Falk
- Glenn Gould: the ecstasy and tragedy of genius / Peter F. Ostwald
- My seventy years with Elvis Presley: a preface to a psychobiography / Alan C. Elms
- Conclusion: studying lives in different disciplinary subcultures: a psychologist’s personal perspective / William McKinley Runyan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Academic, viewed on August 27, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version : Examining lives.
- ISBN:
- 9780197849316
- 0197849318
- 9780199342563
- 0199342563
- OCLC:
- 1593682405
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000401102
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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