1st Edition

Unfolding the Unconscious Psyche Pathways to the Arts

By Edward Applebaum Copyright 2016
154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

Unfolding the Unconscious Psyche is a study of the creative arts and depth psychology, and the threads that run between the two. Edward Applebaum begins with works of art, in media including painting, music, literature and film, and pursues aspects of each towards an understanding of the unconscious psyche of the creator. By combining a study of the artistic work with the insight of depth... Read more

Introduction James Hollis. Author’s Preface. Part One: Music to Create a Universe. 1. Theme, Part 1: The Haunting Melody. 2. Theme, Part 2: Creativity. 3. Theme, Part 3: Freud and Mahler. 4. Tender is the Night. 5. Persona and Saraband. 6. Music and Alchemy: Beethoven. 6. Gallery of the Soul: Munch, Kahlo, Rivera. 7. To the Lighthouse. 8. The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden. 9. The Alexandria Quartet. 10.Gustav Mahler. Epilogue. Part Two: The End of Boundaries. 12. Georgia O'Keeffe: The touch of desire. 13. Music in Film. 14. The Piano. 15. Tim Winton's The Riders. 16. Maeterlinck, Ibsen, Strindberg. 17. Pelleas and Melisande. 18. Finale: Why I wrote this book. 

Biography

Edward Applebaum is a composer whose music has been performed in the US and abroad. He has been awarded grants in composition, neurosciences and higher education. His Symphony No. 2 was awarded the Kennedy Center Friedheim Award. He has taught at universities in the US, Norway and Australia.