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ON THE ANALYST'S IDENTIFICATION WITH THE PATIENT: THE CASE OF J.-B. PONTALIS AND G. PEREC
1Faculty of the Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, New York.
The Psychoanalytic Quarterly
|January 20, 2016
Summary
Psychoanalyst Jean-Bertrand Pontalis showed exceptional interest in his patient, writer Georges Perec. Evidence suggests their identificatory processes continued long after treatment, potentially indicating a broader psychoanalytic phenomenon.
Area of Science:
- Psychoanalysis
- Literary Studies
- Psychology
Background:
- Georges Perec underwent psychoanalysis with Jean-Bertrand Pontalis for four years in the early 1970s.
- This essay examines the unique interest Pontalis demonstrated in Perec's work, both psychoanalytic and literary.