Grace Pailthorpes Writings on Psychoanalysis and Surrealism [Hardcover]

Foreword by Robert Hinshelwood  1. Introduction by Alberto Stefana and Lee Ann Montanaro  2. The analysis of a poem (1938)  3. The Birth Trauma lecture (1938): Lecture on drawings. Being an extract from a research now in its final stages  4. The Scientific Aspect of Surrealism (1938-39)  5. Primary processes of the infantile mind demonstrated through the analysis of a prose-poem (1941)  6. Deflection of energy as a result of birth trauma and its bearing upon character formation (1941)  7. Lecture on Surrealism (1944)  8. Surrealism and Psychology (1944)  9. Draft summary of Psychorealism: The sluicegate of the emotions (Not dated)  Afterword by Desy Saf?n-Gerard

This book gathers the published and unpublished writings of Dr Grace Pailthorpe (1883-1971), English surgeon, specialist in psychological medicine and surrealist artist to provide an in-depth study of her work and legacy.

Grace Pailthorpe was an extraordinary figure, a pioneering female surgeon, psychoanalyst and artist. The Portman Clinic, of which she is the de jure founder, is a unique institution that specialises in studying the roots of violent, sexual and antisocial behaviour. In some ways this parallels Surrealisms fascination with the irrational, bizarre and unconventional. This collection of Pailthorpes writings represents a major re-appraisal of her life and her involvement with the surrealist movement.
Jessica Yakeley, director of the Portman Clinic, consultant psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy; associate medical director, clinical governance and medical director, The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Surgeon, criminologist, psychoanalyst, surrealist, painter, Grace Pailthorpe was an intrepid pioneer in every aspect of her life, not least inlCV