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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aMuensterberger, Werner
_eautore
245 1 0 _aCollecting: An Unruly Passion :
_bPsychological Perspectives /
_cWerner Muensterberger.
250 _aCourse Book
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2014]
264 4 _c©1993
300 _a1 online resource (320 p.) :
_b12 pages of illus.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aPrinceton Legacy Library ;
_v268
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tPart One: Preludes To Collecting --
_tChapter 1. Passion, Or The Wellsprings Of Collecting --
_tChapter 2. First Possessions --
_tChapter 3. Of Toys And Treasures --
_tPart Two: Magic Objects --
_tChapter 4. Skulls And Bones --
_tChapter 5. The Headhunter's Bequest --
_tPart Three: Three Psychobiographies --
_tChapter 6. "One Copy Of Every Book!" --
_tChapter 7. Two Collectors: Balzac And His Cousin Pons --
_tChapter 8. Ventures Of Passion: The Vicissitudes Of Martin G. --
_tPart Four: Excursions Into History --
_tChapter 9. Renaissance And Reconnaissance --
_tChapter 10. The Age Of Curiosity --
_tChapter 11. In Praise Of Plenty: Collecting During Holland's Golden Age --
_tPart Five: In Search Of Pleasure --
_tChapter 12. Ways And Means --
_tChapter 13. The Promise Of Pleasure --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aFrom rare books, valuable sculpture and paintings, the relics of saints, and porcelain and other precious items, through stamps, textiles, military ribbons, and shells, to baseball cards, teddy bears, and mugs, an amazing variety of objects have engaged and even obsessed collectors through the ages. With this captivating book the psychoanalyst Werner Muensterberger provides the first extensive psychological examination of the emotional sources of the never-ending longing for yet another collectible. Muensterberger's roster of driven acquisition-hunters includes the dedicated, the serious, and the infatuated, whose chronic restlessness can be curbed--and then merely temporarily--only by purchasing, discovering, receiving, or even stealing a new "find." In an easy, conversational style, the author discusses the eccentricities of heads of state, literary figures, artists, and psychoanalytic patients, all possessed by a need for magic relief from despair and helplessness--and for the self-healing implied in the phrase "I can't live without it!" The sketches here are diverse indeed: Walter Benjamin, Mario Praz, Catherine the Great, Poggio Bracciolini, Brunelleschi, and Jean de Berry, among others.The central part of the work explores in detail the personal circumstances and life history of three individuals: a contemporary collector, Martin G; the celebrated British book and manuscript collector Sir Thomas Phillipps, who wanted one copy of every book in the world; and the great French novelist Honoré de Balzac, a compulsive collector of bric-a-brac who expressed his empathy for the acquisitive passions of his collector protagonist in Cousin Pons. In addition, Muensterberger takes the reader on a charming tour of collecting in the Renaissance and looks at collecting during the Golden Age of Holland, in the seventeenth century. Throughout, we enjoy the author's elegant variations on a complicated theme, stated, much too simply, by John Steinbeck: "I guess the truth is that I simply like junk."Originally published in 1993.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650 0 _aCollectors and collecting
_xPsychological aspects.
650 7 _aART / History / General.
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