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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824202503321

Autore

Sperber Michael <1931->

Titolo

Dostoyevsky's stalker and other essays on psychopathology and the arts / / Michael Sperber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md. : , : University Press of America, , 2010

ISBN

1-282-56127-8

9786612561276

0-7618-4994-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 200 pages)

Disciplina

891.7

891.743

Soggetti

Arts - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Variations on a theme of shame -- pt. 2. Post-traumatic stress disorder -- pt. 3. Hallucinations and illusions -- pt. 4. Mood imagery in literature.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the arts over the course of modern history to illuminate psychiatry and psychoanalysis, and how these disciplines may elucidate works of literature, art, and cinema. These essays propose a paradigm shift in psychiatry, based on the idea that some symptoms of mental illness may have constructive uses.