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Rudnytsky explores the dialectical interplay between literature and psychoanalysis by reading key psychoanalytic texts in a variety of genres.
It is a labor of love.... This volume is leisurely, informative, and often entertaining reading for reflective students of psychoanalytic history.
Rudnytsky concludes the story of the division of psychoanalysis with a 'dream of consilience,' devoutly to be wished perhaps, yet one that the reader can only reach by walking over the hot coals of creative envy and murderous jealousy to be cooled in the holy waters where science and art run together.
Rudnytsky deserves respect for his overall ability to remain neutral when assessing the merits and limitations of each analyst without showing dogmatic loyalties.
Thoughtful, compelling, engagingly written... Reading Psychoanalysis is a groundbreaking text that has much to teach us of our past and present.
Peter L. Rudnytsky is Professor of English at the University of Florida and the Editor of American Imago. He is a 2001 recipient of an award for Outstanding Contributions to Psychoanalysis from the International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education.