Psychiatric Poetry
LAING, R.D. Knots. New York: Pantheon Books. 1970.
8vo. Original black cloth with silver title lettering to spine; black and orange dust jacket with photograph of author to front wrapper; pp. [6], 90; a fine copy; authorial inscription ‘To Michael and Anne | With all wishes | from Ronnie | March, 1971’ in black ink to front free endpaper.
First edition, published simultaneously in the UK and the US, this a presentation copy inscribed by the author.
Continually testing the limits of orthodox psychiatry, in Knots R.D. Laing uses verse to explore themes dominant in his work since 1958 with a particular emphasis on the origins of mental disorder within the family and the instability of human connection.
SKU: 2121255
Psychiatric Poetry
LAING, R.D. Knots. New York: Pantheon Books. 1970.
8vo. Original black cloth with silver title lettering to spine; black and orange dust jacket with photograph of author to front wrapper; pp. [6], 90; a fine copy; authorial inscription ‘To Michael and Anne | With all wishes | from Ronnie | March, 1971’ in black ink to front free endpaper.
First edition, published simultaneously in the UK and the US, this a presentation copy inscribed by the author.
Continually testing the limits of orthodox psychiatry, in Knots R.D. Laing uses verse to explore themes dominant in his work since 1958 with a particular emphasis on the origins of mental disorder within the family and the instability of human connection.
SKU: 2121255
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