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Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street": The Vicissitudes of Treating a Difficult Patient.

  • Published In: Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 2023, v. 51, n. 2. P. 147 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Gans, Jerome S.; Ferrell, Robert W. 3 of 3

Abstract

Taking the liberty of imagining the lawyer in Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" as narrator/therapist and Bartleby as patient, this article, written with the therapist/reader in mind, traces the vicissitudes of countertransference and speculates on what constitutes a "good enough" therapeutic effort. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Psychodynamic Psychiatry. 2023/06, Vol. 51, Issue 2, p147
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:2162-2590
  • DOI:10.1521/pdps.2023.51.2.147
  • Accession Number:164127344
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