The secret artist : a close reading of Sigmund Freud

Summary: "Using Freud's own writing on art and the aesthetic theories of thinkers ranging from Nietzsche to Lionel Trilling, Chamberlain examines Freud's art and shows how his imaginative creations have revolutionized not only mental health, but our thinking about art in general, by opening up the individual subconscious as a subject. In elegant, accessible prose she describes how 'Freud split the aesthetic atom, releasing a vast energy for individual creativity.'" --BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 158322260X
Physical Description: print
339 p. ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st North American ed.
Publisher: New York : Seven Stories Press, 2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: Quartet Books, 2000.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-321) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Beginnings -- 2. Artist -- 3. Self-Discovery/Self-Revelation -- 4. Man of the Soul -- 5. Real Love -- 6. Reality Reconsidered -- 7. Freud as a Writer: Studying the Case -- 8. Music, Painting, and Comedy of the Night -- 9. Poetry, Truth, and Freedom -- 10. Notes, Arguments, and Explanations.