THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
Extension Division
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY
VIRGINIA WOOLF AND BLOOMSBURY
Melissa C. Wanamaker, Ph.D., LCSW-R
Thursdays, March 4 – 25, 2010
7:30 – 9 pm (4 sessions)
Fee: $120
Registration Deadline: February 25, 2010
Bloomsbury is a state of mind and Virginia Woolf is at the heart of it. This course will explore the creativity of post-World War I England, with specific attention to Woolf. Her art will be examined in light of her experience of early maternal loss, her love affairs, mental illnesses and suicide. We will also examine how her creativity reflected a kind of self-analysis.
Readings will include Mrs. Dalloway, her autobiographical Moments of Being and the memoir, Deceived with Kindness: A Bloomsbury Childhood by Woolf’s niece, Angelica Garnett. Please start reading Moments of Being before the first class.
Dr. Wanamaker is a staff psychotherapist at Queens Consultation Center, and a lecturer and author of psychoanalytic articles on early childhood loss and creativity. She is in private practice in Manhattan.
For questions about this course, call Dr. Wanamaker 212-861-7006
Register at http://www.psychoanalysis.org/tande-ed.html or 212-879-6900