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Psychology, Folklore, Creativity and the Human Dilemma [electronic resource]

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In Psychology, Folklore, Creativity and the Human Dilemma, the author explores the meaning of folklore and its usefulness in education and psychotherapy. The author's interest has expanded into other fields that challenge and question the limits of our everyday horizons, namely, into operas, plays, and humor, as well as into new approaches to the meaning of human existence explored by modern thinkers. These various fields often interact, explain, and enrich each other. The book aims for deepening the awareness of our ultimate human concerns, the meaning of authenticity, and the urgent need for

Title Psychology, Folklore, Creativity and the Human Dilemma [electronic resource].
Publisher Springfield : Charles C Thomas
Creation Date 2003
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
English
Content PSYCHOLOGY, FOLKLORE,CREATIVITY AND THE HUMAN DILEMMA
CONTENTS
Part I HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS PORTRAYED IN FOLKLORE
Chapter I HANSEL AND GRETEL-RED CAP-SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS-
Chapter II PUCCINI'S TURANDOT:BEYOND THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Chapter III ULTIMATE HUMAN CONCERNS
Chapter IV DEATH: GODFATHER DEATH
Chapter V COMMITMENT AND AUTHENTICITY: BEOWULF
Chapter VI THE GIRL WITHOUT ARMS:AUTHENTICITY AND GUILT
Chapter VII THE TWELVE SWANS-THE STAR DUCATS-LANCELOT
Part II PARADOXES AND POLARITIESIN HUMAN EXISTENCE
Chapter VIII POSSIBILITY VERSUS NECESSITY:THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE
Chapter IX POLARITY OF NEGATIVITY OR EVIL:THE SNOW QUEENChapter X THREE TALES BY ITALO CALVINO
Chapter XI THE DOUBLE AND THE SELF
Part III AGAPEAGAPE: THE LOVE FROM
Chapter XII THE SHEPHERD OF MOUNT CRYSTAL
Chapter XIII MYTHS OF LOVE AND SELF
Part IV CREATIVITY
Chapter XIV CREATIVITY, FOLKLORE, AND POETRY
Chapter XV CREATIVITY AND DREAMS
Chapter XVI CREATIVITY AND LOVE
Chapter XVII QUESTS FOR WIDER WORLDS
Chapter XVIII THE THIRTEEN CLOCKS
Part V SOME MODERN LITERARY WORKS FOCUSED ON ULTIMATE
Chapter XIX WAGNER'S AND TOLKIEN'S RINGS
Chapter XX STRINDBERG AND PIRANDELLO
Part VI A CALL TO ACTIONChapter XXI FRANCIS OF ASSISI-LUTHER-MOTHER TERESA
Part VII FRAGMENTATION ANDLOSS OF SUBJECTIVITY
Chapter XXII FRAGMENTATION AND LOSS OF INWARDNESS
Chapter XXIII CONCLUSION
Extent 1 online resource (388 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010715956305171
MARC RECORDS

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