Don Juan Legend

by Otto Rank

Book Overview

Originally published in 1924, this study of the Don Juan legend is a powerful interpretation of one of the most popular themes in Western culture. Also valuable for the insights it offers into Rank's thought immediately before his break with Freud, the book has not been available in English until now. Rank's study draws on psychoanalysis, literature, history, and anthropology to suggest some psychological mechanisms that operate both within the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691617953
• ISBN13: 9780691617954
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"