ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1924, this title is substantially a continuation of Baudouin’s earlier work Studies in Psychoanalysis, being an application of psychoanalysis to the theory of aesthetics, as illustrated by a detailed study of the works of the Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren. The ‘interpretation’ Freud has supplied for dreams Baudouin attempts – and archives – for the imagery of the artistic creator. The work is in part based upon private documents supplied to the author by Madame Verhaeren, an autograph letter, and a previously unpublished poem.

chapter |20 pages

Introduction

chapter |35 pages

Les Tendresses Premieres 1

chapter |36 pages

Les Flamandes and Les Moines 1

(Days of Youth, Down to 1886)

chapter |49 pages

The Crisis (1887–1890)

chapter |40 pages

An Oedipus Trilogy

chapter |51 pages

Life in All Its Ardour

chapter |16 pages

Conclusion