Psychoanalytic Exploration of Dante''s the Divine Comedy

Brockman connects spirituality with psychoanalysis throughout this book as he looks at Dante's early writings, his life story and his 'polysemious' classical poem The Divine Comedy.

List of contents

1. Psychoanalysis and Spirituality: A Psychoanalytic View of Religious Conversion 2. A Precis of the Mourning Process in Dante’s Early Writings 3. A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Dante’s Commedia

About the author

David Dean Brockman, M.D. is Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst and Emeritus Faculty at The Institute for Psychoanalysis of Chicago, and Clinical Professor at the University of Illinois Department of Psychiatry. He has had a clinical practice of psychiatry and psychoanalysis for more than fifty years.

Summary

Brockman connects spirituality with psychoanalysis throughout this book as he looks at Dante’s early writings, his life story and his ‘polysemious’ classical poem The Divine Comedy.

Product details

• Authors: Brockman, David Dean Brockman, David Dean (University of Illinois Brockman
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2017
• EAN: 9781138206717
• ISBN: 978-1-138-20671-7
• No. of pages: 198
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literature: history & criticism, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis