The (Re)Source of Creativity: A Psychoanalytic Reading of Dr. Seuss's You're Only Old Once!

In this article, I use Sigmund Freud's 'Creative Writers and Day-Dreaming' to provide an explanation for the creativity of Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. Freud suggests that creative writing is a substitutionary form of play that is (1) related to the present in that the w...

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Published in:Pastoral psychology
Main Author: Carlin, Nathan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science Business Media B. V. 2015
In: Pastoral psychology
Year: 2015, Volume: 64, Issue: 5, Pages: 603-619
RelBib Classification:TJ Modern history
TK Recent history
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Theology
B Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939
B SEUSS, Dr., 1904-1991
B Daydreams
B Psychological research
B Creative writing
B Creativity
B Play
B Sigmund Freud
B Psychoanalysis
B Theodor Geisel
B Fantasy
B Resourcefulness
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