Just talk : narratives of psychotherapy /

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While Countless Memoirs have been written about depression and therapy, no one has examined how the "talking cure" of psychotherapy is presented in novels and other works of literature. Beginning with an overview of the principles of psychotherapy and its growing use as a treatment for men...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Furst, Lilian R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1999.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Psychotherapy in literature.
Psychological fiction > History and criticism.
Psychotherapy > Case studies.
Psychotherapy.
Psychotherapy
Literature, Modern
Littérature > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Psychothérapie dans la littérature.
Roman psychologique > Histoire et critique.
Psychothérapie > Cas, Études de.
Psychothérapie.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Gay & Lesbian.
Psychotherapy in literature
Psychological fiction
Psychotherapie
Klient
Literatur
Case studies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Memoirs.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Talking of Many Things. 2. From Eyes to Ears
  • pt. I. Overtalkers. 3. "Digesting" Psychoanalysis: Marie Cardinal's Les Mots pour le dire. 4. "Ritualized Bellyaching": Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint. 5. Resisting Psychoanalysis: Italo Svevo's The Confessions of Zeno. 6. Game for Therapy: David Lodge's Therapy
  • pt. II. Undertalkers. 7. Amateurish "Heart-to-Hearts": Jennifer Dawson's The Ha-Ha. 8. Ritualized Roles: Penelope Mortimer's The Pumpkin Eater. 9. The Ogre and the Fairy Godmother: Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. 10. Petrified Feeling: Robertson Davies's The Manticore
  • pt. III. Duets. 11. More than Just Talk: Irvin D. Yalom and Ginny Elkin's Every Day Gets a Little Closer.

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