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Author Sperber, Michael, 1931-

Title Dostoyevsky's Stalker and other essays on psychopathology and the arts / Michael Sperber
Published Lanham : University Press of America, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 200 p.)
Contents Pt. 1. Variations on a theme of shame -- pt. 2. Post-traumatic stress disorder -- pt. 3. Hallucinations and illusions -- pt. 4. Mood imagery in literature
Summary This book examines the arts over the course of modern history to illuminate psychiatry and psychoanalysis, and how these disciplines may elucidate works of literature, art, and cinema. These essays propose a paradigm shift in psychiatry, based on the idea that some symptoms of mental illness may have constructive uses
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index
Notes English
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Subject Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 fast
Subject Mental illness in literature.
Mental illness in art.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Russian & Former Soviet Union.
Mental illness in literature
Mental illness in art
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021679022
ISBN 9780761849940
0761849947
1282561278
9781282561274
9786612561276
6612561270