| The Creative Mystique: From Red Shoes Frenzy to Love and Creativity Contributor(s): Kavaler-Adler, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415914132 ISBN-13: 9780415914130 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1996 Annotation: Through the life stories of women such as Camille Claudel, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Anne Sexton, and Susan Farrell, and clinical case studies, Susan Kavaler-Adler offers penetrating insights into the nature of the creative process. Kavaler-Adler contrasts unsuccessful psychological treatments with object-relations therapy which is able to resolve the pathological narcissism of creative addiction and allow the emergence of healthy modes of self-expression. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Creative Ability |
| Dewey: 153.350 |
| LCCN: 96026074 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.97" W x 8.95" (1.12 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Through the life stories of women such as Camille Claudel, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Anne Sexton, Suzanne Farrell and others and through clinical case studies, Susan Kavaler-Adler offers penetrating insights into the nature of the creative process. Kavaler-Adler contrasts unsuccessful psychological treatments with object-relations therapy that is able to resolve the pathological narcissism of creative addiction and allow the emergence of healthy modes of self-expression. |