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1 online resource (xi, 380 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. How to write a psychobiography. Introducing psychobiography / William Todd Schultz -- Evolving conceptions of psychobiography and the study of lives: encounters with psychoanalysis, personality psychology, and historical science / William M. Runyan -- How to strike psychological pay dirt in biographical data / William Todd Schultz -- What psychobiographers might learn from personality psychology / Dan P. McAdams -- If the glove fits: the art of theoretical choice in psychobiography / Alan C. Elms -- How to critically evaluate alternative explanations of life events: the case of Van Gogh's ear / William M. Runyan -- Divide and multiply: comparative theory and methodology in multiple case psychobiography / Kate Isaacson -- Diane Arbus's photographic autobiography: theory and method revisited / William Todd Schultz -- pt. II. Psychobiographies of artists. Nothing alive can be calculated: the psychobiographical study of artists / William Todd Schultz -- Twelve ways to say "lonesome": assessing error and control in the music of Elvis Presley / Alan C. Elms, Bruce Heller -- Mourning, melancholia, and Sylvia Plath / William Todd Schultz -- Margaret's smile / Daniel M. Ogilvie -- Edith Wharton and Ethan Frome: a psychobiographical exploration / James William Anderson -- pt. III. Psychobiographies of psychologists. Psychobiographical study of psychologists / James William Anderson -- Freud as Leonardo: why the first psychobiography went wrong / Alan C. Elms -- Four, two, or one? Gordon Allport and the unique personality / Nicole B. Barenbaum -- Nietzsche's madness / Kyle Arnold, George Atwood -- Erikson and psychobiography, psychobiography and Erikson / Irving Alexander -- From the Book of Mormon to the operational definition: the existential project of S.S. Stevens / Ian Nicholson -- pt. IV. Psychobiographies of political figures. Alive and kicking: the problematics of political psychobiography / Alan C. Elms, Anna V. Song -- Osama Bin Laden: the sum of all fears / Anthony J. Dennis -- In his father's shadow: George W. Bush and the politics of personal transformation / Stanley A. Renshon -- Hunting the snark: methodological considerations in studying elusive politicians / Anna V. Song -- Psychobiography in context: predicting the behavior of tyrants / Betty Glad. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Psychology -- Biographical methods.
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Psychology -- Biographical methods. |
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Artists -- Psychology -- Case studies.
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Artists -- Psychology. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Politicians -- Psychology -- Case studies.
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Politicians -- Psychology. |
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Psychologists -- Psychology -- Case studies.
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Psychologists -- Psychology. |
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Psychologists. |
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Biographies as Topic. |
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Psychology. |
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Famous Persons. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Schultz, William Todd.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Handbook of psychobiography. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 0195168275 (DLC) 2004012961 (OCoLC)55665723 |
| ISBN |
9780198037606 (electronic book) |
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0198037600 (electronic book) |
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0195168275 (Cloth) |
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