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Adam Phillips, "the closest thing we have to a philosopher of happiness," brings us a dazzling roundup of provocative essays on psychoanalysis and literature.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Preface(p. xi)
• 1 Poetry and Psychoanalysis(p. 1)
• 2 Bombs Away(p. 35)
• 3 Clutter: A Case History(p. 59)
• 4 Winnicott's Hamlet(p. 72)
• 5 The Sexual Liberation of Fritz Wittels(p. 92)
• 6 The Manicuring of Jacques Lacan(p. 107)
• 7 Pessoa's Appearances(p. 113)
• 8 On Translating a Person(p. 125)
• 9 Appreciating Pater(p. 148)
• 10 Minding Out(p. 161)
• 11 An Answer to Questions(p. 174)
• 12 Smile(p. 181)
• 13 Martin Amis and the Female Policeman(p. 188)
• 14 Narcissism, For and Against(p. 200)
• 15 Roaring Boy(p. 226)
• 16 Frederick Seidel's New Poetry(p. 238)
• 17 Coming to Grief(p. 257)
• 18 Editing Housman(p. 268)
• 19 On Eating, and Preferring Not To(p. 282)
• 20 The Pragmatics of Passion(p. 296)
• 21 Farber's Quibble(p. 310)
• 22 Prynne Collected(p. 322)
• 23 Christopher Hill's Revolution and Me(p. 326)
• 24 Sameness is All(p. 334)
• 25 Nijinsky's New Diary(p. 342)
• 26 Jokes Apart(p. 347)
• 27 Doing Heads(p. 358)
• 28 Promises, Promises(p. 364)
• Acknowledgements(p. 376)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Adam Phillips is the author of six previous books, including "The Beast in the Nursery" & "Monogamy" (both available form Vintage). Formerly the principal child psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital in London, he lives in England.

(Bowker Author Biography)