The Dynamics of CreationFreud suggested that artistic inspiration derived from sexual frustration and a need to escape reality by inventing phantasy. Others maintain that the artistic impulse is an attempt to comprehend and integrate the external world and the artist's inner self. |
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Acknowledgements | 9 |
Introduction | 11 |
The Ambivalence of Freud | 15 |
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