Thesiss

The social psychologist Philip Brickman (1943-1982) is most well-known for his foundational research on happiness, and his concept of the “hedonic treadmill.” Heretofore, no study has systematically analyzed his life and work. The present study originates such inquiry, employing…

In this textual psychobiography, I examine the controversial American poet Anne Sexton. I ask, how does poetry both protect and fail to protect its author from suicide? Working out of the phenomenological aesthetics of Mikel Dufrenne, the language based philosophy of Charles Tay…