Unfolding the Unconscious Psyche: Pathways to the Arts [Hardcover]

Introduction James Hollis. Authors Preface. Part One: Music to Create a Universe. 1. Theme, Part 1: The Haunting Melody. 2. Theme, Part 2: Creativity. 3. Theme, Part 3: Freud and Mahler. 4. Tender is the Night. 5. Persona and Saraband. 6. Music and Alchemy: Beethoven. 6. Gallery of the Soul: Munch, Kahlo, Rivera. 7. To the Lighthouse. 8. The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden. 9. The Alexandria Quartet. 10.Gustav Mahler. Epilogue. Part Two: The End of Boundaries. 12. Georgia O'Keeffe: The touch of desire. 13. Music in Film. 14. The Piano. 15. Tim Winton's The Riders. 16. Maeterlinck, Ibsen, Strindberg. 17. Pelleas and Melisande. 18. Finale: Why I wrote this book. 

Unfolding the Unconscious Psyche is a study of the creative arts and depth psychology, and the threads that run between the two. Edward Applebaum begins with works of art, in media including painting, music, literature and film, and pursues aspects of each towards an understanding of the unconscious psyche of the creator.

By combining a study of the artistic work with the insight of depth psychology, Applebaum opens a dialogue between studies of works of art and their creators and the individuals who form the works audience. Each discussion is dictated by the artwork itself and is viewed from a variety of perspectives.