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Book SynopsisPublished with the support of the Philemon Foundation. This book is part of the Philemon Series of the Philemon Foundation.--Title page.
Trade Review"Both Nerval's
Aurélia and Jung's commentary on it are of great interest not only to analytical psychology and literary studies but more widely to anyone interested in the central mythical pattern of modern times, the creative descent journey. The organization of this edition in the form of a creative descent from editor's introduction to commentaries to
Aurélia itself makes it wonderfully useful to a reader wishing to fathom Nerval's enigmatic text."
—Michael Dolzani, coeditor of the Unpublished Notebooks of Northrop Frye"
On Psychological and Visionary Art brings to publication a significant lecture by Jung, and provides readers with the context to understand Jung's argument and its importance. The lecture is rich in cultural reference and allusion. Jung himself described the memoir under discussion as being of extraordinary magnitude, and the interpretation he offers at this late stage in his intellectual development represents his mature system at work."
—Paul Bishop, author of Analytical Psychology and German Classical Aesthetics"Scholars of Jung's thought will be grateful to have Jung's lecture available, to see the fascinating parallels between Nerval's experiences and those Jung documents in
The Red Book, and to study the distinctions between psychological and visionary modes as well as Jung's further reflections on art. This book is a valuable contribution to Jungian studies."
—Beth Darlington, Vassar CollegeTable of ContentsIllustrations vii Acknowledgments xi Permissions xiii One Introduction 1 Craig E. Stephenson Two Jung's Abstract on Nerval from The Symbolic Life 49 (Collected Works, Volume 18) Three Jung's Lecture on Gerard de Nerval at the Psychology Club, 1945 51 Four Minutes of the Discussion Following the 1945 Lecture 79 Five Jung's Notes to the 1942 Lecture 89 Six Jung's First Notes on Nerval's Aurelia, 1942 107 Seven Nerval's Aurelia (1855) 119 Translated by Richard Sieburth (1999); illustrations by Alfred Kubin (1910) References 197 Index 201
