num_pages: 114
description: 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.- Originally written in 1914 &amp; first published in 1925
language: English
title: The Double: A Psychoanalytic Study
titlecomplete: The Double: A Psychoanalytic Study
genres: Reference, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, Nonfiction, Essays, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 160
publisher: The University of North Carolina Press