SPITZ, ELLEN HANDLER. — Art and Psyche. A Study in Psychoanalysis and Aesthetics.

New Haven: Yale University, 1985. 0300033729. 1st edition. "Spitz proposes three principal psychoanalytic approaches to art..The first includes the relation between the life experience of the artist and his works; the second focuses on the work of art itself; and the third encompasses the intricate relations between a work of art and its audience.Spitz illustrates her theoretical discussion with examples drawn from a variety of art forms, including the visual arts, literature, music and dance." Pp.xiv/188, small pin holes to front endpapers. Grey cloth, dustwrapper, rubbed with small edge tears. G+/G+.