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This book, a testament to the brilliance of a breed of psychoanalysts that may unfortunately be disappearing from the contemporary scene, is about much more than the relationship between emotional illness and creativity. Richard Chessick reveals in his numerous writings a remarkable and commanding knowledge of the philosophical literature, as well as the literature of the arts and humanities. He offers a comprehensive yet nonreductionist approach to psychoanalytic theory and is not afraid