Meltzer Reader - Softcover

Meg Harris Williams

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1912567245 ISBN 13: 9781912567249

Publisher: Phoenix Publishing House, 2018

Synopsis

An introduction to the psychoanalytic writings of Donald Meltzer on clinical work, the family, and philosophy of symbol formation. The book represents a sampling of most of Meltzer’s books and each chapter is introduced by a different practitioner. Some topics included are: psychoanalysis as a human activity, dream life as the generative theatre of meaning, the delusion of clarity of insight, dimensionality, aesthetic conflict, symbol formation, and the influence of Bion’s ideas.

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About the Author

Meg Harris Williams, a writer and artist, studied English at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford and art at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, and has had a lifelong psychoanalytic education, working closely with Donald Meltzer. She has written and lectured extensively in the UK and abroad on psychoanalysis and literature. She is a visiting lecturer for AGIP and at the Tavistock Centre in London, and an Honorary Member of the Psychoanalytic Center of California. She is married with four children and lives in Farnham, Surrey.

Edition details

• Publisher: Phoenix Publishing House
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1912567245
• ISBN 13: 9781912567249
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 250