1st Edition
A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Dante's The Divine Comedy
By David Dean Brockman
Copyright 2017
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
198 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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David Dean Brockman connects spirituality with psychoanalysis throughout this book as he looks at Dante’s early writings, his life story and his "polysemous" classical poem The Divine Comedy . Dante wanted to create a document that would educate the common man about his journey from brokenness to growth and a solid integration of body, self, and soul. This book draws the resemblance between... Read more
1. Psychoanalysis and Spirituality: A Psychoanalytic View of Religious Conversion 2. A Precis of the Mourning Process in Dante’s Early Writings 3. A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Dante’s Commedia
Biography
David Dean Brockman, M.D. is Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst and Emeritus Faculty at The Institute for Psychoanalysis of Chicago, and Clinical Professor at the University of Illinois Department of Psychiatry. He has had a clinical practice of psychiatry and psychoanalysis for more than fifty years.
