Tag: sigmund-freud
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“The Beating of a Child Was By No Means Reprehensible”: Alice Munro, Freud, and the Long Aftermath of Crimes Against Children
A question from a student about Munro’s Who Do You Think You Are? (the question being whether it’s autobiographical) sent me back to her terrifying story “Royal Beatings” this morning. Then an interview that I read recently had me searching for Freud’s “A Child Is Being Beaten.” This will become a longer critical piece. Just…
The Landscape of Canadian Women's Crime Fiction 