Publisher Description

Not since Brian Froud's conceptual design work with Jim Henson on the classic films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth has he created a faerie world with such imagination, dimension, depth, and detail. Trolls features new and classic work by both Brian and his wife, Wendy, woven together along with artifacts and symbols of the natural world to create a fascinating revelation about the world of trolls. The book explores trolls and troll culture, revealing their philosophies, their home life, and their world attitudes through their tales, mythology, and archaeology. Trolls affirms that trolls are real, that they have lived and are living now. The texture of the world and the deeply immersive, cinematic images will appeal to the legions of fantasy--and Froud--fans.

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Internationally acclaimed and bestselling fairy artists Brian and Wendy Froud introduce us to a whole new world: the world of trolls.

Back Cover

In Disordered Thinking and the Rorschach , James Kleiger provides a thoroughly up-to-date text that covers the entire range of clinical and diagnostic issues associated with the phenomenon of disordered thinking as revealed on the Rorschach. Kleiger guides the reader through the history of psychiatric and psychoanalytic conceptualizations of the nature and significance of different kinds of disordered thinking and their relevance to understanding personality structure and differential diagnosis. He then moves on to thorough reviews of the respective contributions of David Rapaport, Robert Holt, Philip Holzman, and John Exner in conceptualizing and scoring disordered thinking on the Rorschach. These synopses are followed by an equally fascinating examination of less well known research conceptualizations, which, taken together, help clarify the basic interpretive conundrums besetting the major systems. Finally, having brought the reader to a full understanding of systematic exploration to date, Kleiger enters into a detailed analysis of the phenomenological and psychodynamic aspects of disordered thinking per se. Even experienced clinicians will find themselves challenged to reconceptualize such familiar categories as confabulatory or combinative thinking in a manner that leads not only to new diagnostic precision, but also to a richer understanding of the varieties of thought disturbances with their equally variable therapeutic and prognostic implications. With Disordered Thinking and the Rorschach, Kleiger has succeeded in summarizing a wealth of experience pertaining to the rigorous empirical detection and classification of disordered thinking. Equally impressive, he has taken full advantage of the Rorschach as an assessment instrument able to capture the richness of personality and thus capable of providing a unique clinical window into those crucially important differences in the quality of thought that patients may evince.

Author Biography

Brian Froud has created some of the most respected and highly acknowledged mythic artwork of our time. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Original Artwork. Wendy Froud is an American (born in Detroit) who is a doll artist, sculptor, and puppetmaker, best known for her work creating creatures for the Jim Henson films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, as well as her work on the Star Wars series, for which she was the fabricator of Yoda. The Frouds live in Devon, England.

Promotional

Internationally acclaimed and best selling faerie artists Brian and Wendy Froud introduce us to a whole new world: the world of trolls; Frouds' unique styles have created some of the best known fantasy images of the late 20th and 21st century; Brian Froud has had great success with his FAERIES and GOOD FAERIES/BAD FAERIES books as well as THE DARK CRYSTAL and LABYRINTH books and films; Brian and Wendy Froud's works are popular with teen girls as well as adults of both sexes; Trolls figure into human stories and mythology from the one lurking beneath the bridge that the three goats try to cross to those featured in the stories of J.R.R. Tolkien; 2012 is the anniversary of two films that Brian and Wendy Froud collaborated on: 30th anniversary of The Dark Crystal and the 25th for Labyrinth; All the artwork has been created just for this book, although some of the characters are recognisable from earlier books.

Prizes

Short-listed for Locus Awards (Art Book) 2013

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