This is the final volume in a trilogy of works that examine the impact of writing and reading about traumatic subjects. Diaries to an English Professor (1994) explores the ways in which undergraduate
"In Companionship in Grief, Jeffrey Berman focuses on the most life-changing event for many people---the death of a spouse. Some of the most acclaimed memoirs of the past fifty years offer insights in
During the past decade, Jeffrey Berman has published widely on the pedagogy of personal writing. In Diaries to an English Professor (1994), he explored the ways in which undergraduate students can use
Bringing together the human story of care with its representation in film, fiction and memoir, this book combines an analysis of care narratives to inform and inspire ideas about this major role in li
ABOUT THE BOOK This book is a selection of New Solutions articles, published over the past two decades, from the Scientific Solutions section of the journal. The section is intended as a forum for the
The first book-length study of the psychoanalytic memoir, this book examines key examples of the genre, including Sigmund Freud’s mistitled An Autobiographical Study , Helene Deutsch’s Confrontations with Myself: An Epilogue, Wilfred Bion’s War Memoirs 1917-1919, Masud Khan’s The Long Wait, Sophie Freud’s Living in the Shadow of the Freud Family, and Irvin D. Yalom and Marilyn Yalom’s A Matter of Death and Life . Offering in each chapter a brief character sketch of the memoirist, the book shows how personal writing fits into their other work, often demonstrating the continuities and discontinuities in an author’s life as well as discussing each author’s contributions to psychoanalysis, whether positive or negative.
An exploration of the relationship between literature and life, this study examines the effect on readers of "suicidal literature" -- novels and poems that depict, and sometimes glorify, the act of su
Freud promised his patients absolute confidentiality, regardless of what they revealed, but privacy in psychotherapy began to erode a half-century ago. Psychotherapists now seem to serve as "
Freud promised his patients absolute confidentiality, regardless of what they revealed, but privacy in psychotherapy began to erode a half-century ago. Psychotherapists now seem to serve as "
Cutting, a form of self-mutilation, is a growing problem in the United States, especially among adolescent females. It is regarded as self-destructive behavior, yet paradoxically, people who cut thems
