Rael Meyerowitz

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Mourning and Metabolization: Close Readings in the Psychoanalytic Literature of LossPaperback, 30 November 2022

Mourning and Metabolization: Close Readings in the Psychoanalytic Literature of Loss
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Part of Series
Tavistock Clinic
Print Length
420 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Routledge
Date Published
30 Nov 2022
ISBN-10
1032210796
ISBN-13
9781032210797

Description

By bringing together perspectives from psychoanalysis and literary studies and considering the reciprocal relation between ideas about mourning and our internal worlds, this book provides a guide to thinking theoretically about loss and how we deal with it.

Rael Meyerowitz conceptualizes the work of psychic internalization required by loss in terms of bodily digestion and metabolization. In this way, successful mourning can be likened to the proper processing of physical sustenance, while failed mourning is akin to indigestion, as expressed in various forms of melancholia, mania, depression, and anxiety. Borrowing from the methodology of literary criticism, the book conducts a detailed treatment of these themes by drawing on a series of psychoanalytic works, including those of Freud, Ferenczi, Karl Abraham, Klein, Loewald, Torok, Nicolas Abraham, and Green, while paying close critical attention to a selection of literary works such as those by William Faulkner, Wallace Stevens, and Sylvia Plath.

Aimed at clinicians as well as readers with a more academic interest in psychoanalytic theory and language, the close-reading format offered by this book will also enable students in psychoanalytic and psychotherapy courses to engage deeply with some central texts and key concepts in psychoanalysis.

Product Details

Author:
Rael Meyerowitz
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
30 November 2022
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 2.29 cm
ISBN-10:
1032210796
ISBN-13:
9781032210797
Language:
English
Location:
Oxford
Pages:
420
Publisher:
Weight:
621.42 gm

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