{"product_id":"transferences-maren-scheurer-9781501381447","title":"Transferences: The Aesthetics and Poetics of the Therapeutic Relationship","description":"Why 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maren Scheurer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150138144X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501381447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Maren Scheurer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44634649821439,"sku":"9781501381447","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f5748d4e-5d3b-4f28-a2db-21a48bba328d.jpg?v=1703590247","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transferences-maren-scheurer-9781501381447","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}