Double a Psychoanalytic Study.
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, (c)1971.
- 1 online resource (173 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover Page; The Double; Copyright Page; Dedication; 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.
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.