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Sophia Richman: Mended by the Muse: Creative Transformations of Trauma

Sophia Richman: Mended by the Muse: Creative Transformations of Trauma The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2015, 75, (110–118) © 2015 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis 0002-9548/15 www.palgrave-journals.com/ajp/ Book Reviews Mended by the Muse: Creative Transformations of Trauma, by Sophia Richman, Routledge, London, 2014, 268pp. This volume by Sophia Richman adds immeasurably to the knowledge and theory of the illusive relationship between trauma and artistic creation. Dr. Richman’s compelling volume explores in depth the experiences of trauma victims who employed the creative process to overcome traumatic assaults on their psyches. This rich volume includes the stories of victims of many different forms of trauma, such as death, loss of loved ones, sexual, physical, and emotional violence, political persecution, concentration camp incarceration, persecution of previous generations, and physical injury and illness. For this reason alone the book would be valuable reading, but it serves two more ambitious purposes. Richman’s book sheds a great deal of light on the process by which traumatic experiences are integrated and mastered by artistic creation, and, in this process, debunks much conventional wisdom about the effects of trauma. With powerfully moving prose, Richman depicts the stories of an exceptionally wide spectrum of creative individuals: visual artists, poets, novelists, filmmakers, dancers, choreographers, a set designer, and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Sophia Richman: Mended by the Muse: Creative Transformations of Trauma

Summers, Frank
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 75 (1) – Feb 27, 2015
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2015 by Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
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0002-9548
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1573-6741
DOI
10.1057/ajp.2014.50
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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2015, 75, (110–118) © 2015 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis 0002-9548/15 www.palgrave-journals.com/ajp/ Book Reviews Mended by the Muse: Creative Transformations of Trauma, by Sophia Richman, Routledge, London, 2014, 268pp. This volume by Sophia Richman adds immeasurably to the knowledge and theory of the illusive relationship between trauma and artistic creation. Dr. Richman’s compelling volume explores in depth the experiences of trauma victims who employed the creative process to overcome traumatic assaults on their psyches. This rich volume includes the stories of victims of many different forms of trauma, such as death, loss of loved ones, sexual, physical, and emotional violence, political persecution, concentration camp incarceration, persecution of previous generations, and physical injury and illness. For this reason alone the book would be valuable reading, but it serves two more ambitious purposes. Richman’s book sheds a great deal of light on the process by which traumatic experiences are integrated and mastered by artistic creation, and, in this process, debunks much conventional wisdom about the effects of trauma. With powerfully moving prose, Richman depicts the stories of an exceptionally wide spectrum of creative individuals: visual artists, poets, novelists, filmmakers, dancers, choreographers, a set designer, and

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Published: Feb 27, 2015

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