AUTOANALYSES

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Originally called psychoanalyses, articles of this type consist of taking oneself apart, usually in the third person, explaining how a fan got to be what he is and what he thinks he is. The Washington Worry-Warts took the lead in this activity. Emphasis is usually on universality, or at least wide applicability, rather than Byronic display of differentness from everybody else.