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Mousetraps and the Moon
Robert Wilcocks
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Description for Mousetraps and the Moon
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531.
In Mousetraps and the Moon, Robert Wilcocks offers a trenchant reappraisal of Freud and the origins of psychoanalysis in the late 19th century. Commenting on Freud's relationship with Wilhelm Fliess and his enthusiasm for the works of Rudyard Kipling, this book goes farther than most contemporary critiques of Freud and calls for a "massive re-evaluation" of his legacy both as a response to human suffering and as an approach to literary criticism.
In Mousetraps and the Moon, Robert Wilcocks offers a trenchant reappraisal of Freud and the origins of psychoanalysis in the late 19th century. Commenting on Freud's relationship with Wilhelm Fliess and his enthusiasm for the works of Rudyard Kipling, this book goes farther than most contemporary critiques of Freud and calls for a "massive re-evaluation" of his legacy both as a response to human suffering and as an approach to literary criticism.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739101582
SKU
V9780739101582
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About Robert Wilcocks
Robert Wilcocks is Professor of Modern French Literature at the University of Alberta. He has published three books, most recentlyMaelzel's Chess Player: Sigmund Freud and the Rhetoric of Deceit (Rowman & Littlefield, 1994).
Reviews for Mousetraps and the Moon
And what a ride, indeed! From the Baltic to Afghanistan and back, one feels like adding. Whereas Wilcocks' first trenchant appraisal of the Wiener Troll (Maelzel's Chess Player: Sigmund Freud and the Rhetoric of Deceit, 1994) had exposed the rhetorical deceits practised with such consummate skill by its foundiing father, the present volume takes us back to the ... Read more