Prima Donna - The Psychology of Maria Callas

Paul Wink utilizes cutting-edge advances in research on developmental psychology and narcissism to shed light on Callas's puzzling personal deterioration during the last nine years of her life. Prima Donna is both a powerful study of Callas's life and a contribution to the greater body of work on the psychology of artists.

List of contents

• Chapter 1: Introduction


• Chapter 2: Prima Donna Assoluta: Psychological Mysteries


• Chapter 3: From Olive Groves to Hell's Kitchen


• Chapter 4: Product of Her Mother's Imagination


• Chapter 5: An Athenian Interlude


• Chapter 6: A Marriage of Mutual Convenience


• Chapter 7: I Gave You Everything


• Chapter 8: A Matter of the Heart


• Chapter 9: Nothing Left to Give


• Chapter 10: Epilogue

About the author

Paul Wink is Professor of Psychology and the Nellie Zuckerman Cohen & Anne Cohen Heller Professor in Health Science at Wellesley College. He is a leading researcher in the area of adult development with numerous publications on narcissism, aging, and religion and spirituality. He is the co-author of In the Course of a Lifetime: Tracing Religious Belief, Practice, and Change, and a co-editor of books on the psychology of retirement and spirituality in a diverse world.

Summary

Paul Wink utilizes cutting-edge advances in research on developmental psychology and narcissism to shed light on Callas's puzzling personal deterioration during the last nine years of her life. Prima Donna is both a powerful study of Callas's life and a contribution to the greater body of work on the psychology of artists.

Additional text

Maria Callas's life abounds with puzzles and mysteries. Paul Wink does not look for easy solutions to explain the diva's successes or her personal inadequacies. He rejects the plausible explanation if it does not fit the facts. Callas's magnificent voice, coupled with musicianship and acting ability, is so well described that even if you are not an opera fan you will be moved. You will hear the applause.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Wink, Paul (Professor of Psychology Wink, Wink Paul
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2021
• EAN: 9780190857738
• ISBN: 978-0-19-085773-8
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Inner Lives
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Biography: arts & entertainment, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment