Just talk
Subtitle: narratives of psychotherapy
By: Lilian R. Furst.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Psychotherapy in literature.; Psychological fiction -- History and criticism.; Psychotherapy -- Case studies.
Description: "While Countless Memoirs have been written about depression and therapy, no one has examined how the "talking cure" of psychotherapy is presented in novels and other works of literature. Beginning with an overview of the principles of psychotherapy and its growing use as a treatment for mental and emotional disorders, Lilian R. Furst addresses the patient's view of the value of talk."--BOOK JACKET.

"Furst examines such well-known works as Roth's Portnoy's Complaint, Plath's The Bell Jar, and Lodge's Therapy, as well as lesser-known novels, to discuss how patients react to psychotherapy as a cure for mental and emotional disorders."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-259) and index.