170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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Topsy is a psychoanalytic tale of the effects of a dog on its owner; the analyst is the great Marie Bonaparte. Only after being told that her dog had cancer did she realize the attachment she developed to Topsy. She describes the emotions she experienced during the time of Topsy's illness and subsequent healing. Written in France and Greece at the onset of World War II, the story of Topsy's cancer... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction Edition; Prologue in Dogland; PART I—TOPSY IS ILL The Sentence; Poor Topsy!; Implorations to the God of the Rays; Topsy Beneath the Magical Rays; Topsy and I in the Garden; Topsy, My Terrestrial Sister; Childless Topsy; Our Ancestors and Our Descendants; Magical Dog; Topsy’s Heart; Topsy’s Emaciated Body; Lethal Lullaby; Sepulchral Meditation; Dreams of Paradise; Soft Hope of Summer; Before Leaving for the Summer Holidays; Summer Wisdom; Autumn Home-coming PART II—TOPSY IS HEALED Topsy by the Sea; Topsy’s Whitened Head; Topsy and the Other Worlds; Respite from Things Human; Animal Simplicity; A Spring Night in the Garden; Topsy and Shakespeare; On the Frontiers of the Species; Revolutionary June; Talisman of Life
Biography
Marie Bonaparte
