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The Locomotive-God
Hardcover
Biographies GeneralMental Health
ISBN13: 9781025442181
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 452
Weight: 1.78
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The Locomotive-God is a profound and intensely personal autobiographical study by William Ellery Leonard, exploring the origins and impact of a debilitating phobia. Written with both poetic sensibility and clinical precision, the work chronicles the author's lifelong struggle with agoraphobia, which he traces back to a terrifying childhood encounter with a speeding locomotive. This psychological memoir stands as a pioneering effort in the use of psychoanalytic self-examination to understand the roots of mental distress.
Leonard, a distinguished scholar and poet, provides a meticulous account of his phobic's prison, describing how his fear restricted his physical world to a small radius around his home in Wisconsin. Through vivid introspection, he examines the intersection of memory, trauma, and the subconscious. The Locomotive-God is not only a compelling narrative of personal suffering and resilience but also a significant historical document in the field of psychology, offering unique insights into the nature of anxiety disorders and the power of early developmental experiences. It remains a landmark text for those interested in the history of psychoanalysis and the literary expression of the human mind's complexities.
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