F. Scott Fitzgerald's Psychiatric Novel Nicole's Case, Dick's Case |
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| Author:
| Metzger, Charles R. |
| Series title: | American University Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8204-1040-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 1989 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $50.80 |
Book Description:
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Book I addresses in clinical detail the questions: What were Nicole's symptoms? What kind of treatment did she get? Did she get well? This detail is presented against the back-drop of a romance of love-service in which the heroine, afflicted with enchantment, is rescued from it by the hero. Once well, the heroine drops the hero and accepts his alternate as a more appropriate husband. Book II deals in similar detail with the problems of the hero: role playing, depression,...
More DescriptionBook I addresses in clinical detail the questions: What were Nicole's symptoms? What kind of treatment did she get? Did she get well? This detail is presented against the back-drop of a romance of love-service in which the heroine, afflicted with enchantment, is rescued from it by the hero. Once well, the heroine drops the hero and accepts his alternate as a more appropriate husband.
Book II deals in similar detail with the problems of the hero: role playing, depression, alcoholism, against the background of his belief in heroism as exploit, i.e. work, and love-service.