1st Edition

Dream, Phantasy and Art

By Hanna Segal Copyright 1991
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

Hanna Segal's work, especially on symbolism, aesthetics, dreams, and the exploration of psychotic thinking, has established her as an outstanding figure in psychoanalysis, particularly in psychoanalysis of the Kleinian tradition. In Dream, Phantasy and Art she reworks her ideas on these topics and brings them vividly alive in a new integration which links them afresh to the work of Freud,... Read more
The Royal Road. Phantasy. Symbolism. Mental Space and Elements of Symbolism. The Dream and the Ego. Freud and Art. Art and the Depressive Position. Imagination, Play, and Art.

Biography

Hanna Segal is a former President of the British Psychoanalytical Society and a founder member of the Melanie Klein Turst. She has helf many positions in the British Psychoanalytical Society and the International Psychoanalytical Association.

"... this book, which along with the many other contributions Hanna Segal has made to psychoanalysis in the course of a long and productive professional life, will stand as a further testament to her creative capacity." - Psychoanalytic Quarterly, Vol 3, Vol LXII