Obsession and culture : a study of sexual obsession in modern fiction / Andrew Brink.
Obsession and culture : a study of sexual obsession in modern fiction / Andrew Brink.
Obsession and culture : a study of sexual obsession in modern fiction / Andrew Brink.
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Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London : Associated University Presses, c1996.
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N823.9109353/3
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English
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Physical content
254 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction: The Obsessive Imagination in Writers -- 2. H. G. Wells: The Confessions of a Sexual Rebel -- 3. Hermann Hesse and Bisexuality -- 4. Love and Death in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita: A Fantasy Analysis of an Obsession -- 5. Female Sacrifice in the Novels of John Fowles -- 6. Eros and Deat...
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Publisher
Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London : Associated University Presses, c1996.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
Obsession and Culture proposes that male sexual obsessions are the driving force of culture and are most clearly seen in fiction. Examples could be multiplied many times, but the main objectives of this study are to show how the work of five male authors coheres within a framework of psychodynamic theory and to stimulate enquiry along these lines....
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Obsession and culture : a study of sexual obsession in modern fiction / Andrew Brink.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-240) and index.
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c1996.
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N823.9109353/3
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74VvwvjQ4D3g
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ISBN
0838635962 (alk. paper)
9780838635964 (alk. paper)
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823.9109353
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991004244189702626
