The Muse: Psychoanalytic Explorations of Creative Inspiration

Description: Title: The Muse: Psychoanalytic Explorations of Creative Inspiration Editor: Tutter, Adele Publisher: Routledge Binding: Paperback Pages: 262 Dimensions: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d Product Weight: 0.9 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9781138795402 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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Book Title: The Muse: Psychoanalytic Explorations of Creative Inspiration

Number of Pages: 262 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Muse : Psychoanalytic Explorations of Creative Inspiration

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Year: 2016

Item Height: 0.5 in

Subject: Movements / Psychoanalysis, Criticism & Theory, Creative Ability, Folklore & Mythology, General, Applied Psychology, Motivational & Inspirational

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 13.6 Oz

Author: Adele Tutter

Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Art, Social Science, Self-Help, Psychology

Item Length: 9.1 in

Item Width: 6.3 in

Series: Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book Ser.

Format: Trade Paperback