Incandescent Alphabets: Psychosis and the Enigma of Language

Incandescent Alphabets: Psychosis and the Enigma of Language

PublisherKarnac Books Ltd
Designed atThe Studio Publishing Services Ltd
ProductionThe Studio Publishing Services Ltd
Cover Art byJohn Devlin
Copyright HolderAnnie G. Rogers
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
LocationLondon, England
Pages / Font212 pages
ISBN 13978-1-7822034-7-6
Barcode9 781782 203476
Barcode9 781782 203476
ChaptersAcknowledgements and Permissions - vii About the Author - ix Note to Readers - xi Chapter One - Encounters with a ghastly, enigmatic Other - 1 Chapter Two - Psychosis: what is it, this strangeness? - 23 Chapter Three - Hallucinated bodies: art and its alphabet in psychosis - 45 Chapter Four - Infinite codes: clocks, calendars, numbers, music, scripts - 73 Chapter Five - After the disaster: six sketches and a short play - 103 Chapter Six - Beyond psychosis: returning , remaining traces - 127 Chapter Seven - Psychosis and the address: new alphabets and the enigmatic Other - 151 Chapter Eight: Psychoanalysis remade: a way through psychosis - 179 References - 205 Index - 211
Notes"Cover image: John Devlin, Untitled no. 162, 1988. Courtesy of John Devlin and Gallery Christian Berst Art Brut."
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