The Apprehension of Beauty

The Role of Aesthetic Conflict in Development, Art and Violence

By (author) Donald Meltzer By (author) Meg Harris Williams

Book cover: The Apprehension of Beauty

Extent: 298 pages

Publisher: The Harris Meltzer Trust

Subjects: Psychology, Psychoanalysis, & Psychotherapy

Language: English

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(April 2018)

ISBN: 9781912567065

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In this book Donald Meltzer formulates his concept of ‘aesthetic conflict’, at the heart of personality development. Clinical material interdigitates with literary criticism by Meg Harris Williams illustrating the same theme.

This volume has grown over the years as a family project of Martha Harris, her two daughters Meg and Morag and her husband, Donald Meltzer. It therefore has its roots in English literature and its branches waving wildly about in psychoanalysis. It is earnestly hoped that it will reveal more problems than it will solve.

Foreword Meg Harris Williams Introduction Donald Meltzer 1. The apprehension of beauty (1973) Donald Meltzer 2. Aesthetic conflict: its place in development Donald Meltzer 3. On first impressions Donald Meltzer 4. On aesthetic reciprocity Donald Meltzer 5. The role of the father in early development Donald Meltzer 6. The problem of violence Donald Meltzer 7. The undiscovered country: the shape of the aesthetic conflict in Hamlet Meg Harris Williams (i) The mould of form (ii) The lobby of dreams (iii) The Queen's arras (iv) The yet unknowing world 8. The place of aesthetic conflict in the analytic process Donald Meltzer 9. The retreat from aesthetic conflict: cynicism, perversity and the vulgarisation of taste Donald Meltzer 10. Recovery of the aesthetic object Donald Meltzer 11. Holding the dream: the nature of aesthetic appreciation Meg Harris Williams (i) Aesthetic appreciation through symbolic congruence (ii) Beneficence in space: Stokes on Turner (iii) On Westminster Bridge 12. The shadows in the cave and the writing on the wall Donald Meltzer Addendum I: Concerning the social basis of art Donald Meltzer and Adrian Stokes Addendum II: Mindlessness - the developmental relation of psychosomatics, hyperactivity, and hallucinosis Donald Meltzer Afterword Maria Rhode References Index,

Foreword
Meg Harris Williams

Introduction
Donald Meltzer

1. The apprehension of beauty (1973)
Donald Meltzer

2. Aesthetic conflict: its place in development
Donald Meltzer

3. On first impressions
Donald Meltzer

4. On aesthetic reciprocity
Donald Meltzer

5. The role of the father in early development
Donald Meltzer

6. The problem of violence
Donald Meltzer

7. The undiscovered country: the shape of the aesthetic conflict in Hamlet
Meg Harris Williams
(i) The mould of form
(ii) The lobby of dreams
(iii) The Queen’s arras
(iv) The yet unknowing world

8. The place of aesthetic conflict in the analytic process
Donald Meltzer

9. The retreat from aesthetic conflict: cynicism, perversity and the vulgarisation of taste
Donald Meltzer

10. Recovery of the aesthetic object
Donald Meltzer

11. Holding the dream: the nature of aesthetic appreciation
Meg Harris Williams
(i) Aesthetic appreciation through symbolic congruence
(ii) Beneficence in space: Stokes on Turner
(iii) On Westminster Bridge

12. The shadows in the cave and the writing on the wall
Donald Meltzer

Addendum I: Concerning the social basis of art
Donald Meltzer and Adrian Stokes

Addendum II: Mindlessness – the developmental relation of psychosomatics, hyperactivity, and hallucinosis
Donald Meltzer

Afterword
Maria Rhode

References
Index

  • By (author) Donald Meltzer
  • By (author) Meg Harris Williams

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