In The Writing Cure, Emma Lieber tells the story of her decade-long analysis, and her becoming a psychoanalyst, by tracing dreams, scenes, and signifiers that emerged from her analysis while also undertaking critical explorations of works of psychoanalytic theory and literary texts. The Writing Cure thus articulates what psychoanalysis does for its patients by writing the moment of its termination in real time, performing the convergence of theory and life on which psychoanalysis itself balances. Throughout, Lieber considers what psychoanalysis--"the talking cure"--has to do with writing: the foundation of psychoanalysis on Freud’s distinctive writing practice; what it means to write oneself as a psychoanalyst; the extent to which the cure involves a new kind of self-writing. Most broadly, The Writing Cure asks: What would it look like to write your way to the end of an analysis? Is it possible to write yourself into the position of psychoanalyst? Is it possible to write your cure?
| ISBN: | 9781501370724 |
| Publication date: | 30th December 2021 |
| Author: | Emma PsychoanalystinFormation, The New School, USA Lieber |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic USA an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Series: | Psychoanalytic Horizons |
| Genres: |
Literary theory Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology Memoirs Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers |
In The Writing Cure, Emma Lieber tells the story of her decade-long analysis, and her becoming a psychoanalyst, by tracing dreams, scenes, and signifiers that emerged from her analysis while also undertaking critical explorations of works of psychoanalytic theory and literary texts. The Writing Cure thus articulates what psychoanalysis does for its patients by writing the moment of its termination in real time, performing the convergence of theory and life on which psychoanalysis itself balances. Throughout, Lieber considers what psychoanalysis--"the talking cure"--has to do with writing: the foundation of psychoanalysis on Freud’s distinctive writing practice; what it means to write oneself as a psychoanalyst; the extent to which the cure involves a new kind of self-writing. Most broadly, The Writing Cure asks: What would it look like to write your way to the end of an analysis? Is it possible to write yourself into the position of psychoanalyst? Is it possible to write your cure?
The Writing Cure features in the following genres: Literary theory, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Memoirs, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
The Writing Cure is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Writing Cure was written by Emma PsychoanalystinFormation, The New School, USA Lieber and published by Bloomsbury Academic USA an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
The Writing Cure has 160 pages
Yes it is part of Psychoanalytic Horizons series