Grief and Its Transcendence - 9781138812864

Taylor & Francis

Grief and Its TranscendenceMemory, Identity, Creativity\nAuthor(s): Adele Tutter, Lon Wurmser\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138812864, 978-1138812864\nSynopsis\nGrief and its Transcendence: Memory, Identity, Creativity is a landmark contribution that provides fresh insights into the experience and process of mourning. It includes fourteen original essays by pre-eminent psychoanalysts, historians, classicists, theologians, architects, art-historians and artists, that take on the subject of normal, rather than pathological mourning. In particular, it considers the diversity of the mourning process; the bereavement of ordinary vs. extraordinary loss; the contribution of mourning to personal and creative growth; and individual, social, and cultural means of transcending grief.\n\nThe book is divided into three parts, each including two to four essays followed by one or two critical discussions. Co-editor Adele Tut.