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Fantasies of Love and Death in Life and Art

A Psychoanalytic Study of the Normal and the Pathological
  • ISBN-13: 9780814730683
  • Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Helen K. Gediman
  • Price: AUD $193.00
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 01/07/1995
  • Format: Hardback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 228 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: States of consciousness [JMT]
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Love and death are prevalent motifs in legend, art, literature, and opera, as well as in the fantasies of most people. In art and life, the love/death archetype transcends culture, time, and geography. This book addresses two kinds of fantasies of love and death, one the passionate wish to die together with a loved one, the other the desire to extend one's life and loves after death. Illustrating how these love/death phenomena span a continuum from the normal to the pathological, Helen Gediman delves into the psychoanalytic meanings of these fantasies and motifs, as embedded in the arts, as well as in the human psyche.
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