The Analyst's Ear and the Critic's Eye: Rethinking psychoanalysis and literature (New Library of Psychoanalysis)
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (747 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415534690 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Benjamin H. He received the Sigourney Award in 2012.. Ogden is a Supervising and Personal Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, USA. Ogden earned his Bachelor’s Degree in English at New York University, USA, and his Doctorate Degree in English Literature at Rutgers University, USA. He has written numerous books and articles on psychoanalysis and literary criticism that have been translated
A landmark in applied analysisand a pleasure to read Book Lover This long needed and refreshingly lucid dialogue between a leading psychoanalyst and a significant literary critic brings new clarity to an area too long locked in narrow polemics. The psychoanalytic viewpoint is brought into its most sophisticated modernity, transcending earlier simplistic applied psychoanalysis; and valuable contextual enrichment is brought by the academic literary critic.In addition, sensitive and beautifully written examples of critical consideration of work by Robert Frost, Franz Kafka, and Philip Roth bring the academic discussion to ful
It will be of interest to literary scholars and those applying psychoanalysis to literature."-Ronald N.Turco, Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 2014. In a book that is primarily concerned with engaged reading, where the interpellation of the individual as a reader may be seen as the main criterion of the book’s achievement, it is important for readers to participate actively in the reading experience."-Steven Groarke, The International Journal of Psychoanalysis"This book represents cutting edge work that will be of interest to psychoanalytic and literary critics. "What does it me
The result of this unique collaboration is a lively conversation that not only demonstrates what is most fundamental to each discipline, but creates a joint perspective on reading literature that neither discipline alone can achieve. This is achieved, in part, by providing richly textured descriptions of analytic work. These clinical illustrations bring to life the intersubjective dimension of analytic practice, which is integral to the book’s original conception of psychoanalytic literary criticism. This book radically redefines the relationship between psychoanalysis and literary studies in a way that revitalizes the conversation between the two fields. In their readings of seminal works of American and European literature, the authors address questions that are fundamental to psychoanalysis, literary studies, and the future of psychoanalytic l