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Trauma and poetry: a psychoanalyst's view on the healing power of the arts.
From:
Partisan Review
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March 22, 2003| Author:
Feirstein, Frederick
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SINCE THE EARLIEST WRITINGS of Freud and his followers, psychoanalysts and critics have tried to construct theories of creativity that link psychoanalysis and the arts. My ideas about the relationship between psychoanalysis and creativity come from my work as a psychoanalyst, from my writing poetry and plays, and from my advanced seminars on symbolization and creativity. They have found their way into my psychoanalytic writings and literary criticism having to do with metaphor, dra...
