Obsession : a history /

Davis, Lennard J., 1949-

Obsession : a history / Lennard J. Davis. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. - v, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-276) and index.

Origins of obsession -- The emergence of obsession -- Specialization as monomania -- Never done: compulsive writing, graphomania, bibliomania -- Freud and obsession as the gateway to psychoanalysis -- Obsessive sex and love -- Obsession and visual art -- OCD: now and forever -- Conclusion: So what? So what? So what? So what? and other obsessive thoughts.

0226137821 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226137827 (cloth : alk. paper)

40015895879

2008014361

GBA8A7119 bnb

014749052 Uk 101469994 DNLM


Compulsive behavior--History.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder--History.
Obsessive Behavior--history.
History, Modern 1601-.

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