The Writing Cure: Psychoanalysis, Composition and the Aims of Education - Hardcover

Southern Illinois University Press

 
9780809322213: The Writing Cure: Psychoanalysis, Composition and the Aims of Education

Synopsis

This work examines the intersection between, and proposes pedagogical uses of, psychoanalytic technique for writing instruction. It demonstrates how a psychoanalytic approach offers insights into the nature of writing process, the sources of writing problems and the dynamics of writing instruction

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About the Author

Mark Bracher is a professor of English and the director of the Center for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society at Kent State University. He is the founder and editor of JPCS: Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society and the author, most recently, of Lacan, Discourse, and Social Change: A Psychoanalytic Cultural Criticism.

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