I had been struck by the analogy between neurosis and romanticism. Romanticism was truly a parallel to neurosis. It demanded of reality an illusory world, love, an absolute which it could never obtain, and thus destroyed itself by the dream.
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- Author's profession: Author
- Nationality: american
- Born: February 21, 1903
- Died: January 14, 1977
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