Portnoy's Complaint book by Philip Roth
By Philip RothPortnoy's Complaint book by Philip Roth
Portnoy's Complaint n. [after Alexander Portnoy (1933– )] A disorder in which strongly-felt ethical and altruistic impulses are perpetually warring with extreme sexual longings, often of a perverse nature. Spielvogel says: ‘Acts of exhibtionism, voyeurism, fetishism, auto-eroticism and oral coitus are plentiful; as a consequence of the patient's “morality,” however neither fantasy or act issues in genuine sexual gratification, but rather in overriding feelings of shame and the dread of retribution, particularly in the form of castration.’ (Spielvogel, O. ‘The Puzzled Penis’, Internationale Zeitschrift für Psychoanalyse, Vol. XXIV, p. 909.) It is believed by Spielvogel that many of the symptoms can be traced to the bonds obtaining in the mother-child relationship.
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- Paperback
- 309 pages
- English
- 0449202917
- 9780449202913
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philip milton roth was an american novelist. he gained early literary fame with the 1959 collection goodbye, columbus (winner of 1960's national book award Read More about Philip Roth
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