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Promises, Promises
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Promises, Promises
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Adam Phillips
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:400 | Dimensions(mm): Height 200,Width 125 |
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Category/Genre | Prose - non-fiction Literature - history and criticism |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780571209736
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Classifications | Dewey:150.195 |
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Main
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Faber & Faber
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Imprint |
Faber & Faber
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Publication Date |
18 November 2002 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
In a virtuoso collection of essays, Adam Phillips sets out to make and break the links between psychoanalysis and literature.
Author Biography
Adam Phillips was formerly Principal Child Psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital in London. He is the author of, most recently, Darwin's Worms, Promises, Promises, Equals and Houdini's Box, and he is the Series Editor of the new Penguin Freud translations.
Reviews'He writes compellingly... Because he loves literature and plainly loves writing too, Adam Phillips makes psychoanalysis plausible to the outsider. By questioning its aims and qualifying its claims, he reduces its scientific pretensions but makes it a lot more credible as therapy.' Christian Tyler, Financial Times; 'A brilliant collection of essays around the subjects in which Phillips excels.' Melvyn Bragg, Observer
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