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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779999603321

Autore

Ryder Richard D

Titolo

Nelson, Hitler and Diana [[electronic resource] ] : studies in trauma and celebrity / / Richard D. Ryder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter, : Imprint Academic, 2009

ISBN

1-84540-502-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Disciplina

616.8909

Soggetti

Celebrities - Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Preface; Body matter; 1: Horatio Nelson 1758-1805; 2: Adolf Hitler 1889-1945; 3: Diana Spencer 1961-1997; Epilogue; Back matter; Glossary; Also available

Sommario/riassunto

Clinical psychologist Richard Ryder approaches three iconic celebrities - Horatio Nelson, Adolph Hitler, and Diana Princess of Wales - as though they were his patients and presents a short psycho-biography of each. Beneath their obvious differences he finds striking similarities in their backgrounds and early experience, especially being deprived of their mothers' love. In a short Epilogue the author asks what lessons might be learned for the future from these three famous figures of the past.