"The Return of the Repressed": Uncovering Family Secrets in Zola's Fiction
Autor
Rita Oghia-Codsi
This book analyses Zola's fiction from a psychoanalytical standpoint, focusing in particular on the author's family secret. The study scans for sub-textual issues of sexual insecurity and anxiety, which are analysed through the psychoanalytical theories of Abraham, Toroks, Freud and Lacan.