Just talk : narratives of psychotherapy

Summary: While Countless Memoirs have been written about depression and therapy, no one has examined how the "talking cure" of psychotherapy is presented in novels and other works of literature. Beginning with an overview of the principles of psychotherapy and its growing use as a treatment for mental and emotional disorders, Lilian R. Furst addresses the patient's view of the value of talk. Furst examines such well-known works as Roth's Portnoy's Complaint, Plath's The Bell Jar, and Lodge's Therapy, as well as lesser-known novels, to discuss how patients react to psychotherapy as a cure for mental and emotional disorders.

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ISBN: 9780813170183
ISBN: 0813170184
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 265 pages)
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Publisher: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1999.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-259) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Talking of Many Things. 2. From Eyes to Ears -- pt. I. Overtalkers. 3. "Digesting" Psychoanalysis: Marie Cardinal's Les Mots pour le dire. 4. "Ritualized Bellyaching": Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint. 5. Resisting Psychoanalysis: Italo Svevo's The Confessions of Zeno. 6. Game for Therapy: David Lodge's Therapy -- pt. II. Undertalkers. 7. Amateurish "Heart-to-Hearts": Jennifer Dawson's The Ha-Ha. 8. Ritualized Roles: Penelope Mortimer's The Pumpkin Eater. 9. The Ogre and the Fairy Godmother: Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. 10. Petrified Feeling: Robertson Davies's The Manticore -- pt. III. Duets. 11. More than Just Talk: Irvin D. Yalom and Ginny Elkin's Every Day Gets a Little Closer.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified NLC staff and students only.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
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