Soft diamonds: poetic sentiment, poetic speech, and poetic specimen in the clinical hour

Am J Psychoanal. 2024 Mar 9. doi: 10.1057/s11231-024-09443-z. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThree links between poetry and psychoanalysis are highlighted in this paper. These refer to the presence, in the clinical hour, of (i) poetic sentiment, (ii) poetic speech, and (iii) poetic specimen. Each is elucidated in detail and with the help of socio-clinical vignettes. The aim of the paper is to demonstrate that, through the affirmative holding and partial unmasking of the instinctual-epistemic conflation in verse and free-association, both poetry and psychoanalysis seek to transform the private into shared, the hideous into elegant, and the unfathomable into accessible.PMID:38461336 | DOI:10.1057/s11231-024-09443-z

Source: American Journal of Psychoanalysis - March 9, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Salman Akhtar Source Type: research