Twain and Freud on the human race
Subtitle: parallels on personality, politics and religion
By: Abraham Kupersmith.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780786433063
Subjects: Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910 -- Knowledge -- Psychology; Freud, Sigmund, -- 1856-1939 -- Criticism and interpretation; Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910 -- Political and social views; Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Psychology in literature; Self in literature; Social problems in literature
Description: "This work explores the insights and theories of Mark Twain and Sigmund Freud in the field of psychology. After an extensive overview of each man's philosophy, the author examines the effect of this reading of Twain's understanding of human psychology on Twain studies and on our own sense of contemporary events"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.