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Psychoanalysts have long been fascinated with creative artists, but
have paid far less attention to the men and women who motivate,
stimulate, and captivate them. The Muse counters this trend with
nine original contributions from distinguished psychoanalysts, art
historians, and literary scholars-one for each of the nine muses of
classical mythology-that explore the muses of disparate artists,
from Nicholas Poussin to Alison Bechdel. The Muse breaks new
ground, pushing the traditional conceptualization of muses by
considering the roles of spouse, friend, rival, patron,
therapist-even a late psychoanalytic theorist-in facilitating
creativity. Moreover, they do so not only by providing inspiration,
but also by offering the artist needed material and emotional
support; tolerating competitive aggression; promoting reflection
and insight; and eliciting awe, anxiety and gratitude. Integrating
art history and literary criticism with a wide spectrum of
contemporary psychoanalytic perspectives, The Muse is essential
reading for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists interested in the
relationships that enhance and support creative work. Fully
interdisciplinary, it is also accessible to readers in the fields
of art, art history, literature, memoir, and film. The Muse sheds
new light on that most mysterious dyad, the artist and muse-and
thus on the creative process itself.
Grief and its Transcendence: Memory, Identity, Creativity is a
landmark contribution that provides fresh insights into the
experience and process of mourning. It includes fourteen original
essays by pre-eminent psychoanalysts, historians, classicists,
theologians, architects, art-historians and artists, that take on
the subject of normal, rather than pathological mourning. In
particular, it considers the diversity of the mourning process; the
bereavement of ordinary vs. extraordinary loss; the contribution of
mourning to personal and creative growth; and individual, social,
and cultural means of transcending grief. The book is divided into
three parts, each including two to four essays followed by one or
two critical discussions. Co-editor Adele Tutter's Prologue
outlines the salient themes and tensions that emerge from the
volume. Part I juxtaposes the consideration of grief in antiquity
with an examination of the contemporary use of memorials to
facilitate communal remembrance. Part II offers intimate
first-person accounts of mourning from four renowned psychoanalysts
that challenge long-held psychoanalytic formulations of mourning.
Part III contains deeply personal essays that explore the use of
sculpture, photography, and music to withstand, mourn, and
transcend loss on individual, cultural and political levels.
Drawing on the humanistic wisdom that underlies psychoanalytic
thought, co-editor Leon Wurmser's Epilogue closes the volume. Grief
and its Transcendence will be a must for psychoanalysts,
psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and scholars within other
disciplines who are interested in the topics of grief, bereavement
and creativity.
Grief and its Transcendence: Memory, Identity, Creativity is a
landmark contribution that provides fresh insights into the
experience and process of mourning. It includes fourteen original
essays by pre-eminent psychoanalysts, historians, classicists,
theologians, architects, art-historians and artists, that take on
the subject of normal, rather than pathological mourning. In
particular, it considers the diversity of the mourning process; the
bereavement of ordinary vs. extraordinary loss; the contribution of
mourning to personal and creative growth; and individual, social,
and cultural means of transcending grief. The book is divided into
three parts, each including two to four essays followed by one or
two critical discussions. Co-editor Adele Tutter's Prologue
outlines the salient themes and tensions that emerge from the
volume. Part I juxtaposes the consideration of grief in antiquity
with an examination of the contemporary use of memorials to
facilitate communal remembrance. Part II offers intimate
first-person accounts of mourning from four renowned psychoanalysts
that challenge long-held psychoanalytic formulations of mourning.
Part III contains deeply personal essays that explore the use of
sculpture, photography, and music to withstand, mourn, and
transcend loss on individual, cultural and political levels.
Drawing on the humanistic wisdom that underlies psychoanalytic
thought, co-editor Leon Wurmser's Epilogue closes the volume. Grief
and its Transcendence will be a must for psychoanalysts,
psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and scholars within other
disciplines who are interested in the topics of grief, bereavement
and creativity.
Psychoanalysts have long been fascinated with creative artists, but
have paid far less attention to the men and women who motivate,
stimulate, and captivate them. The Muse counters this trend with
nine original contributions from distinguished psychoanalysts, art
historians, and literary scholars-one for each of the nine muses of
classical mythology-that explore the muses of disparate artists,
from Nicholas Poussin to Alison Bechdel. The Muse breaks new
ground, pushing the traditional conceptualization of muses by
considering the roles of spouse, friend, rival, patron,
therapist-even a late psychoanalytic theorist-in facilitating
creativity. Moreover, they do so not only by providing inspiration,
but also by offering the artist needed material and emotional
support; tolerating competitive aggression; promoting reflection
and insight; and eliciting awe, anxiety and gratitude. Integrating
art history and literary criticism with a wide spectrum of
contemporary psychoanalytic perspectives, The Muse is essential
reading for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists interested in the
relationships that enhance and support creative work. Fully
interdisciplinary, it is also accessible to readers in the fields
of art, art history, literature, memoir, and film. The Muse sheds
new light on that most mysterious dyad, the artist and muse-and
thus on the creative process itself.
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