{"product_id":"9781501381447","title":"Transferences The Aesthetics and Poetics of the Therapeutic Relationship","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePsychoanalytic Horizons\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTransferences\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Aesthetics and Poetics of the Therapeutic Relationship\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMaren Scheurer | Esther Rashkin | Peter L. Rudnytsky | Hilary Neroni\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Television \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy are psychoanalysts fascinated with literature and other arts? And why do so many novels, plays, films, and television series feature therapy sessions? \u003ci\u003eTransferences \u003c\/i\u003einvestigates the interdisciplinary attraction between psychoanalysis and the arts by exploring the therapeutic relationship as a recurring figure in psychoanalytic discourse, literature, theater, and television. In addition to close readings of psychoanalytic and critical texts, the book presents a new approach to examining psychoanalytic themes and formal devices in texts like Philip Roth's \u003ci\u003ePortnoy's Complaint\u003c\/i\u003e, J. M. Coetzee's\u003ci\u003e Life \u0026amp; Times of Michael K\u003c\/i\u003e, Margaret Atwood's \u003ci\u003eAlias Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Shaffer's \u003ci\u003eEquus\u003c\/i\u003e, and the HBO series \u003ci\u003eIn Treatment\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransferences \u003c\/i\u003eargues that psychoanalysts as well as writers and other artists are fascinated by the therapeutic relationship because it provides a unique site to negotiate the narrative and artistic underpinnings of psychoanalysis and reflect and reinvent the aesthetic and poetic potentiality of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMaren Scheurer\u003c\/b\u003e is a Researcher and Lecturer in Comparative Literature and English Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. She is executive co-editor, with Aimee Pozorski, of \u003ci\u003ePhilip Roth Studies.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 April 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781501381447\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e336\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.92\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51333099028620,"sku":"9781501381447","price":40.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_7da98e90-7a98-4e76-bf5d-f6cd6eae772d.jpg?v=1783608524","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781501381447","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}