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Munter admitted, however, that the classical Freudian doctrine pictured religion as a neurosis...
Those same precious people who nibbled at James Gould Cozzens will be quoting paragraphs out of context, accusing Salinger of writing like Salinger, reading in their own Freudian fantasies, and eventually, of course, forgetting Salinger entirely as they turn to criticizing each other's criticisms...
...drives a black, vintage tin lizzie, known as "Miss Esta Maude's machine." But Esta Maude has a flaming secret vice, a racy, sin-red sports car that she drives like the wind of a Friday midnight. Author-Illustrator Cummings manages to be folksy, foxy, and covertly Freudian all at the same time, and his book will appeal to any child who has conjured up an off-hours double life for teacher...
...Benjamin Britten was over tempted to build an opera, on Henry James's unattractive little post-Gothic and pre-Freudian shocker, The Turn of the Screw, I confess I cannot easily conceive: James's novella, I have always thought, could only be dramatized by someone experienced in the nuances of psychological muck--a writer of the Grand Guignol, say, or perhaps even Mr. Alfred Hitchcock...
...first motive - "thumbsucking without the thumb" - is predictably Freudian, the second is quite practical. The sound waves produced by humming are far more effective than the low volume would indicate. This is because humming is a "purer" tone. "When a person hums, he can blot out most of the sounds of speech," Ostwald reports. "Many hum to themselves while concentrating on tasks, particularly if these involve abstract thinking or fine motor skills...