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The Life and Creative Works of Paulo Coelho

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This chapter builds the introduction and orientation and provides a short overview on the context – the life of Paulo Coelho -, as well as on the complex theoretical and methodological background of the study. It also provides insights into the aims, the purpose, the justification, the research question and the contribution of the research. It further on includes the problem statement and the motivation for the study, as well as an overview on the structure of the manuscript.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Carl Gustave Jung, 1973, p. 33

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    Previously, this study was submitted as a PhD research study, Department of Psychology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. This previous version of the manuscript remained unpublished.

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    In this work, referencing usage might differ from the APA style in that regard that references are used also within sentences, if only part of the sentences are reflected within the referenced source. They will appear at the end of the sentence if the sources used reflect the statement of the entire sentence.

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    Claude-Hélène Mayer

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

    Claude-Hélène Mayer

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Mayer, CH. (2017). Introduction. In: The Life and Creative Works of Paulo Coelho. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59638-9_1

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