Houdini's box: the art of escape
Psychologie, Épanouissement personnel
Braille avec transcription humaine
Résumé
British psychotherapist explores the intentions of escape artists and the meaning of escape in a broader sense. Phillips's discussion of Houdini's compulsion to perform dangerous feats is interwoven with pertinent extracts from therapeutic case studies and examples from literature and… literary history, such as the long seclusion of the poet Emily Dickinson.