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On Freud's "Creative Writers and Day-dreaming"

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This volume features Sigmund Freud's seminal essay Creative Writers and Day-dreaming, examining the origins of daydreaming and its connection to children's play and creative processes. It includes insightful commentaries from various contributors that deepen understanding of Freud's ideas.
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Ideal for readers interested in psychology, creativity, and literary theory, as well as students and scholars exploring Freudian thought.

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Contains Freud's essay, 'Creative Writers and Daydreaming', which explores the origins of daydreaming and its relation to the play of children, and investigates the creative process. This book also offers commentaries on the essay.

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This volume contains Freud's essay Creative Writers and Day-dreaming, which explores the origins of daydreaming, and its relation to the play of children and the creative process.

Each contributor offers an insightful commentary on the essay.

Series: The International Psychoanalytical Association Contemporary Freud: Turning Points and Critical Issues Series

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781855757547

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 June 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Karnac Books

Contributors:

  • Edited by Peter Fonagy
  • Edited by Ethel Spector Person
  • Edited by Servulo A. Figueira

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 147.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 222

About the Author

Peter Fonagy is Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis and Director of the Sub-Department of Clinical Health Psychology at University College London. He is Chief Executive of the Anna Freud Centre, London. He is a clinical psychologist and a training and supervising analyst in the British Psychoanalytical Society in child and adult analysis. He has published over 200 chapters and articles and has authored or edited several books. Ethel Spector Person is director and training and supervising analyst at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research and professor of clinical psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University.

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