A heart that has found itself

Author: Beers
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: A book unprecedented in history; a classic work that has been reprinted over 50 times in the United States; a great psychological autobiography of a mental patient who made significant contributions to human mental health! Without a doubt, A Mind That Found Itself is an artistic work—a successful narrative rich in introspection with a strong tradition of exploration. This makes us think of Augustine's Confessions, Rousseau's personal adventure narrative of the same name, Freud's self-discovery The Interpretation of Dreams, and also figures like De Quincey, Rimbaud, and Gertrude Stein of this century who explored the spiritual life, as well as Dr. Williams and the young poets who followed him—those dramatically detached from the recognized social and psychological morals, known as the "Beat Generation."