The Life and Works of E. A. Poe: a Psychoanalytic Interpretation
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| Her thesis is that Poe's art was the product of neurosis. According to Bonaparte, Poe was a "repressed sado-masochist and necrophilist" (299). Bonaparte also claimed that Poe was impotent: "It was opium, [[Hervey Allen]] claims, which made Poe sexually impotent, since his conduct with [[Mary Devereaux]] was still entirely normal." (85) | Her thesis is that Poe's art was the product of neurosis. According to Bonaparte, Poe was a "repressed sado-masochist and necrophilist" (299). Bonaparte also claimed that Poe was impotent: "It was opium, [[Hervey Allen]] claims, which made Poe sexually impotent, since his conduct with [[Mary Devereaux]] was still entirely normal." (85) | ||
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| [[René Laforgue]], had published ''[[The Defeat of Baudelaire: A Psychoanalytical Study of the Neurosis of Charles Baudelaire]]'' with the same publisher [http://www.answers.com/topic/life-and-works-of-edgar-allen-poe-the-a-psychoanalytic-interpretation?cat=health]. | [[René Laforgue]], had published ''[[The Defeat of Baudelaire: A Psychoanalytical Study of the Neurosis of Charles Baudelaire]]'' with the same publisher [http://www.answers.com/topic/life-and-works-of-edgar-allen-poe-the-a-psychoanalytic-interpretation?cat=health]. | ||
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The Life and Works of E. A. Poe: a Psychoanalytic Interpretation (1933) is a psychoanalytic reading of the work of Edgar Allan Poe written by Princess Marie Bonaparte.
Her thesis is that Poe's art was the product of neurosis. According to Bonaparte, Poe was a "repressed sado-masochist and necrophilist" (299). Bonaparte also claimed that Poe was impotent: "It was opium, Hervey Allen claims, which made Poe sexually impotent, since his conduct with Mary Devereaux was still entirely normal." (85)
René Laforgue, had published The Defeat of Baudelaire: A Psychoanalytical Study of the Neurosis of Charles Baudelaire with the same publisher [1].
References
Bonaparte, Marie. (1949). The life and works of Edgar Allan Poe, a psycho-analytic interpretation (John Rodker, Trans.). London: Imago. (Original work published 1933)
