The abnormal personality through literature

"This book ... will attempt to present 'the outward forms' of abnormal personality utilizing the portraits drawn in literature. None of these portraits is as stereotyped as the ordinary case history presented to illustrate an abnormal personality. They are, however, closer to the reality of human nature, which resists oversimplified classification."--p.viii-ix. The three major types of abnormality -- The struggle with impulse -- Psychosis : the break with reality -- Psychotic symptoms -- The neuroses : anxiety and its manifestations -- Neurotic symptoms -- Character disorders -- The problem of identity : an approach to the study of social adaptation -- Perversions : the deviations of sexual thought and behavior -- The psychotherapeutic process -- The abnormal personality in childhood -- Psychiatry and the law.