Obsession :

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.

9780226137827 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226137821 (cloth : alk. paper) 40015895879

2008014361

GBA8A7119 bnb

101469994 DNLM 014749052 Uk


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

RC533 / .D38 2008

616.85/227009

2008 L-782