Marion Milner - On Creativity

David Russell describes his experience of reading Marion Milner's writings and sketches on creativity. The book introduces Milner's unique body of work, which acts at the interface of literature, art, and psychoanalysis. Milner explored how people could feel responsive to their own lives through creative practices of attention.

List of contents

• Preface


• Acknowledgements


• List of Illustrations


• 1: Reading: For a Life of One's Own


• 2: Drawing: Art Education


• 3: Getting Better: Art and Psychoanalysis


• Notes

About the author

David Russell gained his PhD in English from Princeton University in 2011. After holding postdoctoral fellowships at the Mahindra Center for the Humanities at Harvard University, and the Society of Fellows at Columbia University, he was a lecturer at King's College London from 2013-2015, and from 2015-2023 was Associate Professor of English at the University of Oxford, where he was a fellow of Corpus Christi College. Russell is currently Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. His previous book concerns the tact of the essay form. His current interests are in British psychoanalysis, art history, and the writings of John Ruskin. He has written widely on the essay and his work has been supported by the Leverhulme Foundation.

Summary

David Russell describes his experience of reading Marion Milner's writings and sketches on creativity. The book introduces Milner's unique body of work, which acts at the interface of literature, art, and psychoanalysis. Milner explored how people could feel responsive to their own lives through creative practices of attention.

Product details

• Authors: David Russell, David (Associate Professor of English Russell
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.07.2024
• EAN: 9780192859204
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285920-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: My Reading
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Diaries, letters & journals, ART / Techniques / Drawing, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama), Drawing & drawings, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Diaries, letters and journals, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Drawing and drawings, Creative therapy / Expressive therapies, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis