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Fantasies of Love and Death in Life and Art: A Psychoanalytic Study of the Normal and the Pathological

Fantasies of Love and Death in Life and Art: A Psychoanalytic Study of the Normal and the Pathological

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ISBN10: 081473068X
ISBN13: 9780814730683
Publisher: New York Univ Pr
Published: Jun 1 1995
Pages: 228
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.30 Depth: 8.74
Language: English

Love and death are prevalent motifs in legend, art, literature, and opera, as well as in the fantasies of most people. In art and life, the love/death archetype transcends culture, time, and geography.
This book addresses two kinds of fantasies of love and death, one the passionate wish to die together with a loved one, the other the desire to extend one's life--and loves--after death. Illustrating how these love/death phenomena span a continuum from the normal to the pathological, Helen Gediman delves into the psychoanalytic meanings of these fantasies and motifs, as embedded in the arts, as well as in the human psyche.

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