The double [[electronic resource] ] : a psychoanalytic study / / by Otto Rank ; translated and edited, with an introduction by Harry Tucker, Jr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462828503321
• Autore: Rank Otto <1884-1939.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 1971
• ISBN: 1-4696-1021-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (111 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): TuckerHarry
• Disciplina: 150.19/5
• Soggetti: Multiple personality; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Translation of Der Doppelgänger.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxii) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Preface; Contents; Introduction; I: The Statement of the Problem; II: Examples of the Double in Literature; III: Biography as Background to Literature; IV: The Double in Anthropology; V: Narcissism and the Double; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Alive, fresh, and stimulating, the theme of The Double comprises the issues of identity, narcissism, and the fear of death--actually the core of human existence. Rank's book is primarily a study of the double as it appeared in striking examples in German, French, Russian, English, and American literature from Goethe to Oscar Wilde.