| Description |
xvi, 394 pages ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / by John Banville -- On tickling -- On being bored -- Worrying and Its discontents -- Looking at obstacles -- First hates -- On success -- Contingency for beginners -- The uses of forgetting -- Clutter -- Narcissism, for and against -- Bombs away -- Against inhibition -- Superiorities -- Making it old -- The master-mind lectures -- For the family -- The dream horizon -- The uses of desire -- Talking nonsense and knowing when to stop -- Arbus's freaks -- My happiness right or wrong -- Judas for now -- Punishing parents -- On compromise -- Psychoanalysis; or, is it worth it? -- Coda : up to a point |
| Summary |
Throughout his career, Adam Phillips has lent a fresh and incisive dimension to the art of the literary essay. This title collects nineteen pieces that have best defined his thinking - including 'On Tickling', 'On Being Bored' and 'Clutter: A Case History' - along with a selection of new writings and an introduction by a Man Booker Prize winner |
| Notes |
Originally published: 2013 |
| Subject |
Phillips, Adam, 1954-
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Psychoanalysis -- Popular works.
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Psychoanalysis.
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Psychoanalysis -- Anecdotes.
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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Anecdotes.
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| Author |
Banville, John, author of introduction, etc
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| ISBN |
9780241964101 (paperback) |
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