On the Lyricism of the Mind: Psychoanalysis and literature - Paperback

by Dana Amir (Author)

On the Lyricism of the Mind: Psychoanalysis and Literature explores the lyrical dimension (or the lyricism) of the psychic space. It is not presented as an artistic disposition, but rather as a universal psychic quality which enables the recovery and recuperation of the self.

Author Biography

Dr Dana Amir is a clinical psychologist, supervising-analyst at the Israel Psychoanalytic Society, poetess and literature researcher and a faculty member of Haifa University. She is the author of five poetry books and two psychoanalytic non-fiction books, and the winner of the Adler National Poetry Prize (1993); the Bahat Prize for Academic Original Book (2006); the Frances Tustin International Memorial Prize (2011); the Prime-Minister Prize for Hebrew Writers (2012); the IPA (International Psychoanalytic Association) Sacerdoti Prize (2013); the Nathan Alterman poetry price (2013) and the Distinguished Psychoanalytic Educators Award (IFPE).