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Author Milner, Marion, 1900-1998, author.

Title An experiment in leisure / Marion Milner (Joanna Field) ; new introduction by Maud Ellmann.

Publication Info. Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xlv, 175 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note "First published 1937 by Chatto & Windus under the name of Joanna Field."
Contents 1. Memories of hobbies, the over-powering interest of birds, animals, plants, seasons -- 2. Memories of travel, concern with a variety of themes -- 3. Interest in witchcraft -- 4. Images of pagan ceremonial, burning the god -- 5. Looking for pictures of what one submits to -- 6. Fairy tale : 'The death's head emperor' -- 7. How should the story end, what will hatch from the cocoon, gentleness or fierceness? -- 8. Finding further terms in which to express my problem from a modern play, 'Within the gates' -- 9. Haunting images from a bull-fight drive me to consider this possibility further -- 10. Feeling drives me to study 'Peer Gynt' -- 11. What causes the change from imagination as the magic slave of personal desire to imagination as the servant of understanding? -- 12. Acceptance of uncertainty as a condition of new understanding : need for some support in learning to accept uncertainty -- 13. An attempt to review the method used in this experiement -- 14. More images of death, trunk murders, the dismemberment of Osiris -- 15. Attempt to review the results of this experiment -- 16. Comparison with other people suggests that there are certain temperaments for whom these problems mean nothing, others for whom they are real -- 17. How does being a woman affect the problem? -- 18. Summing up.
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Subject Milner, Marion, 1900-1998.
Milner, Marion, 1900-1998.
Imagery (Psychology)
Imagery (Psychology)
Leisure -- Psychological aspects.
Leisure -- Psychological aspects.
Diaries -- Therapeutic use.
Diaries -- Therapeutic use.
Introspection.
Introspection.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Ellmann, Maud, 1954-
Other Form: Print version: Milner, Marion Blackett. Experiment in leisure. Hove ; New York : Routledge, 2011 9780415550666 (DLC) 2010051709 (OCoLC)432998377
ISBN 9780203816769 (electronic book)
0203816765 (electronic book)
1283103168
9781283103169
9780415550666
0415550661
9780415550673
041555067X