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Introduction
TepresentbookcomprisesarticlesbasedonthepapersdeliveredatTeSelf
Industry.TerapyandFictionsymposiumheldinUstroń,Poland,21-24Sep-
tember2011,oneoftheannualconferencesorganizedbytheInstituteofEnglish
CulturesandLiteraturesoftheUniversityofSilesia,Katowice.Intheconference
callforpaperswearguedthat:
“Telast200yearshaveproducedastaggeringwealthofwritingontheSelf,
atfirstmainlybelles-lettres,lateralsonon-fiction.Whetherwetakeintocon-
siderationtheHighRomantics,suchasEdgarAllanPoe,E.T.A.Hońman,and
PercyByssheShelley,pursuingtheSelfthrougharchetypesoftheSelf,orGeorge
Eliot)sfictionofapparentlysocialconcern(TeMillontheFloss,Middlemarch),
orD.H.Lawrence)sandWilliamFaulkner)snarratives,weareconfrontedwith
dramasofconsciousness.Teadventofanalyticalpsychologyańordednotonly
insightsintotheworkingsoftheliterarytext,butalsopointedtoitsfrequent
therapeuticmeaningfortheauthor,individualreader,andcommunity.Tework
ofCarlGustavJungandStanGooch,exploringthedualityofmanandstressing
theneedtofosteranewconsciousnessbyintegratingthefeminineandthemas-
culine,ViktorFrankl)sdoctrineofovercomingtheCtragictriad)(suńering,guilt,
andtransitoriness)andinnervoidbyamrmingUrvertrauenzumDasein(Cthe
basictrustinBeing))inexistentialactsoftheCwilltomeaning)
,providedtwo
frameworksfortherapy.SigmundFreud)ssystemprovidedanotherframework,
butwhatisperhapsassignificant,itwasadmiredfortwodińerentreasons.Her-
mannHesseadmiredtheclarityofFreud)sthinkingcombinedwiththebeautyof
language,whileTomasMannhisliterarycharacteristics:structureandform.
Tisinterfaceofwritingandtherapy,muchasinsuchfamousaccountsasAugus-
tine)sorRousseau)sConfessions,constitutesanintellectualchallengeinthatits
paradigmsofexposureandsuppressionfollowbothtangledpersonalandrhe-
toricalagendas.”