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By Walter SchönauProfessor Emeritus, German Literary HistoryUniversity of Groningen Abstract: Hermann Hesse’s well-known fairy tale Iris is interpreted psychoanalytically within the framework of his lifelong practice of ‘conjectural autobiography’. Hesse often merged fact and fiction to dramatize his inner crises, his troubled marriage, and his desperate attempts at self-realization. In Iris, the protagonist Anselm followsContinue reading “Hesse’s Grandiose Conjectural Autobiographies: On the Fairy Tale Iris”

byAdél Ferencz, Doctoral School of Theoretical PsychoanalysisUniversity of Pécs, Hungary & Zsófia Székely, Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary Abstract: The works of psychoanalyst Alice Miller written between 1981 and 1986 outline a theory of creativity and trauma that, in many respects, anticipates key insights of later art therapy approaches-particularly concerning the healingContinue reading “Images of the Inner Story: Art and Psychoanalytic Self-Revelation in Alice Miller’s Theory”

ByLiam Butchart, MD, MAClinical InstructorRenaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook UniversityandJulia Tsvyakh, MDPsychiatry•Stony Brook, NY
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Abstract:Two of the central conceits of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights are the significance of illness and death and the relationship of the individual to society. The death of Catherine Earnshaw is narratively central to the text, havingContinue reading “Totemism and Thanatology on the Moors: A Freudian Psychoanalytic Approach to Wuthering Heights”

ByRaymond BarglowBerkeley, CA Abstract:Henry James’ narratives penned at the turn of the 20th century give expression to ideas that psychoanalysts—Heinz Kohut for notable example—elaborated decades later. This article focuses on the lives of three women in James’ novels. Although they experience the opportunities available to them in very different ways, what any of them canContinue reading “Principles of Self Psychology in the Fiction of Henry James”

By: Michael Croft Collaborative Researcheri2ADS Institute of Research in Art, Design & SocietyPorto University, Portugal. Abstract:The article oscillates between fiction and reflective-academic writing concerning the dispersal of identity between three people and two visual artworks. Two drawings are seen to occupy the same studio, one of which is presented as the author’s, who is alsoContinue reading “(Un)Believable Discussion: A Hybrid Narrative of Three People Interacting in a Space between Two Adjacently-Placed Drawings”

By: Walter SchönauProfessor Emeritus, German Literary HistoryUniversity of Groningen Abstract:Sigmund Freud’s influence on language extends far beyond psychoanalysis, shaping both everyday speech and intellectual discourse. By favoring accessible vocabulary over technical medical language, he ensured that key psychoanalytic concepts—such as the unconscious, projection, and the Oedipus complex—gained widespread familiarity among the general public. Even hisContinue reading “Freud as Linguistic Innovator and Founder of Discourse”

By: Maria S. KardaunMaastricht University Abstract:In the BBC World documentary Ancient Greek Heroes: Myth and Modern Vision (Bragard, 2004), the mythical hero Jason is presented as a highly admirable role model. Not only does he overcome a fire-breathing dragon and obtain the legendary Golden Fleece, but the documentary also suggests that his journey provides himContinue reading “Myths, Monsters, Maidens: Jason’s Archetypal Quest for the Golden Fleece”