Samuels selected 32 poems by his students and a few seasoned poets writing about often traumatic personal experience, illustrating theories of social and psychological phenomena which Samuels points out in his commentary. The collection concludes with a student's essay on Erikson's eight ages of man, Samuels on science and poetry, advice to students writing poems, his essay "Science and Poetry: two approaches," and an index of concepts.

Intense Experience: Social Psychology Through Poetry

Politics & Social Sciences

Frederick Samuels

Social Sciences

Oyster River Press

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Intense Experience: Social Psychology Through Poetry