The empire of the ear: Freud's problem with music

International Journal of Psycho-Analysis

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1127-1168

  Cheshire, Neil M ^a  

^a Arfon Mental Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

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ART; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MUSIC; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY;

FREUDIAN THEORY; HUMANS; METAPHOR; MUSIC; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0030459601     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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