"Alexander Grinstein is known to all scholars of psychoanalysis as the creator of the Index of Psychoanalytic Writings.... In the volume in hand, they will discover that he is a consummate storyteller, and they will see his mind in action.... "The method in all the papers of this very readable collection is the presentation of a text. whether it be a story, a film or a novel written by Oscar Wilde's great uncle, followed by an attempt to understand its details both culturally and clinically. Dr. Grinstein does not hesitate ...
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"Alexander Grinstein is known to all scholars of psychoanalysis as the creator of the Index of Psychoanalytic Writings.... In the volume in hand, they will discover that he is a consummate storyteller, and they will see his mind in action.... "The method in all the papers of this very readable collection is the presentation of a text. whether it be a story, a film or a novel written by Oscar Wilde's great uncle, followed by an attempt to understand its details both culturally and clinically. Dr. Grinstein does not hesitate to use his balanced, broad based psychoanalytic knowledge to draw inferences from the texts, but he is scrupulous in establishing the historical facts concerned with his subject.... It is astonishing that he can make it look so easy." -- From the Preface by Anton O. Kris, M.D.
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