Is There Life Without Mother?: Psychoanalysis, Biography, Creativity

by Leonard Shengold

Book Overview

In this richly textured study of personal growth and creativity hemmed in by childhood disaster, Shengold compares the differing gifts and differing solutions of extraordinary talents as they seek to negotiate a universal longing to refind the mother without sliding back into neglect, abuse, and despair. In the foreground of his analysis are moving portraits of Jules Renard and Anthony Trollope and the densely packed traumatic legacy of their respective...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881633364
• ISBN13: 9780881633368
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"