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Faulkner: Ego functions and fantasy

Faulkner: Ego functions and fantasy leo Schneiderman The life and work of William Faulkner pose a number of questions cen- tering on the link between ego functions and fantasy. The following issues present themselves: What is the relationship between fantasy and archaic forms of narcissism which Goldberg (1) and his associates, following Kohut's (2) lead, have identified with the grandiose self and the idealized parent imago? Second, how do the features of infantile narcissism affect the resolution of oedipal conflicts, with special reference to the persistence of obsessive themes in fantasy? A third question: Is there a link between the loss of an introjected love object and the elaboration of depressive fan- tasies involving self-reproach, as conceptualized by Abraham (3)? Although Faulkner's development as a writer does not offer definitive answers to these questions, it is rich in biographical and fictional interrela- tionships that throw light on the vicissitudes of ego development. In addi- tion, Faulkner's psychological problems, in which shame and guilt seem to be associated with depression in a type of linkage analyzed by Wurmer (4), reveal pathological sources of creativity. Faulkner's symbolic solutions to his problems through the medium of writing are especially informative because they seem to define the self-limiting http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Faulkner: Ego functions and fantasy

Schneiderman, Leo
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 45 (3): 14 – Sep 1, 1985
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Springer Journals
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1985 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
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0002-9548
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leo Schneiderman The life and work of William Faulkner pose a number of questions cen- tering on the link between ego functions and fantasy. The following issues present themselves: What is the relationship between fantasy and archaic forms of narcissism which Goldberg (1) and his associates, following Kohut's (2) lead, have identified with the grandiose self and the idealized parent imago? Second, how do the features of infantile narcissism affect the resolution of oedipal conflicts, with special reference to the persistence of obsessive themes in fantasy? A third question: Is there a link between the loss of an introjected love object and the elaboration of depressive fan- tasies involving self-reproach, as conceptualized by Abraham (3)? Although Faulkner's development as a writer does not offer definitive answers to these questions, it is rich in biographical and fictional interrela- tionships that throw light on the vicissitudes of ego development. In addi- tion, Faulkner's psychological problems, in which shame and guilt seem to be associated with depression in a type of linkage analyzed by Wurmer (4), reveal pathological sources of creativity. Faulkner's symbolic solutions to his problems through the medium of writing are especially informative because they seem to define the self-limiting

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Published: Sep 1, 1985

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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