1st Edition
The Bi-sexuality of Daniel Defoe A Psychoanalytic Survey of the Man and His Works
By Leo Abse
Copyright 2006
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book presents an intriguing and novel Freudian overview of all Daniel Defoe's major works by confronting various psychoanalytic hypotheses regarding Defoe. It is an original, well-documented, and compelling cross-disciplinary approach to identity issues and creative genius of Defoe.
The genius of Daniel Defoe -- The Historical Collections -- The negative Oedipus complex -- The thrills of risk-taking -- Cannibalism -- The plague: defying Thanatos -- The storm -- The voyeur -- The spy -- Coprophilia and creativity -- Captain Singleton: the ablation of Alice Defoe -- The birth traumas of Sheppard, Wild and Defoe -- The preacher -- The feminist -- Crusoe's island -- Moll Flanders -- Roxana -- Apocalypse: The Political History of the Devil -- Epilogue
Biography
Leo Abse
