The dynamics of creation / Anthony Storr.
By: Storr, Anthony
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BookPublisher: London : Penguin, 1972Description: 303 p. ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0140156860.Subject(s): Psychology | Creative abilityDDC classification: 153.35 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Freud suggested that artistic inspiration derived from sexual frustration and a need to escape reality by inventing phantasy. Others maintain that the artistic impulse is an attempt to comprehend and integrate the external world and the artist's inner self.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The ambivalence of Freud -- Creativity as wish-fulflment -- The conscious motives of the artist -- Creativity as defence -- Creativity and the schizoid character -- New models of the universe -- Creativity and the manic-depressive temperament -- Creativity and the obsessional character -- Creativity and play -- Play and social development -- Is art adaptive? -- Man's inner world: origin and function -- Divine discontent -- Disposable passion -- The creative ego and its opposites -- Genius and madness -- The quest for identity -- Symbols of integration.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Charles Anthony Storr, May 18, 1920 - March 17, 2001 Charles Anthony Storr was born on May 18, 1920 in London to a Reverend of Westminster Abbey and his wife. The two were first cousins, which may have lead to his poor health and depression. At the age of eight, he attended public school at Winchester and was very unhappy. He graduated from Winchester College and proceeded to Christ's Church in Cambridge where he met C. P. Snow who encouraged him to be moral and compassionate. Storr continued his medical studies at Westminster Hospital from 1941 to 1944, and then became a house physician at various hospitals. He is best known for his books on Freud and Jung.After completing his education, Storr practiced psychotherapy privately, but combined his private practice with hospitals as a consultant. In 1974, he retired from private practice to teach post graduate doctors at Oxford where he received dining rights at Wadham College and became a fellow at Green College. After his first attempt at writing proved fruitful, Storr continued his career as a writer, producing 11 books in the next 26 years.
Storr's books were very popular in the U. S. and following his literary fame, he became a frequent book reviewer and commentator on British television. He wrote on different themes, but his favorites were gurus, as evidenced in his book, "Feet of Clay, solitude as a helpful tool in recovery, "Solitude: A Return to Self", and the theories of Freud and Jung.
Storr died on March 17 in Oxford after having a heart attack during a speech at Wadham College. He was 80 years old.