The importance of place.(Viewpoint essay)

Due to her problem back, Penelope Lively works in an armchair, with an ancient electronic typewriter on her lap, while A. L. Kennedy finds comfort in a monster black chair in a room the color of blood. In his 1951 essay "Transitional Objects and Transitional Phenomena," British psychologis...

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Published inPoets & writers Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 27 - 30
Main Author Enders, Alexandra
Format Magazine Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Poets & Writers, Inc 01.03.2008
Poets & Writers, Incorporated
Subjects
Authors
Creativity
Evaluation
Negotiation
Novels
Personal space
Poetry
Space
Space utilization (Design)
Works
Writers
United States
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Summary:Due to her problem back, Penelope Lively works in an armchair, with an ancient electronic typewriter on her lap, while A. L. Kennedy finds comfort in a monster black chair in a room the color of blood. In his 1951 essay "Transitional Objects and Transitional Phenomena," British psychologist D. W. Winnicott wrote, "It is in the space between inner and outer worlds, which is also the space between people-the transitional space-that intimate relationships and creativity occur." Each writer needs to establish the configurations of this creative space, which incorporates memory, imagination, intention, and curiosity, but also exists in the real world; at the same time, each writer must also negotiate how much protection this space needs from the demands of the everyday.
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ISSN:0891-6136