Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Masterworks of Art and Film

by Harry Trosman

Book Overview

In Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Masterworks of Art and Film, Harry Trosman demonstrates that a psychoanalytic point of view can vastly enrich one's understanding and appreciation of works of art.
Drawing on current psychoanalytic views of the importance of fantasy, attachment and individuation theory, preoedipal factors in development, and object relations, Trosman addresses the impact of psychoanalysis on the understanding of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814782108
• ISBN13: 9780814782101
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 8.0"