Delusion and Dream : an Interpretation in the Light of Psychoanalysis of…

Jensen, Wilhelm, 1837-1911

About this book

"Delusion and Dream: an Interpretation in the Light of Psychoanalysis of…" by Sigmund Freud is an essay written in 1907 that applies psychoanalysis to Wilhelm Jensen's novel Gradiva. Freud examines how a young archaeologist, Norbert Hanold, unconsciously transforms his repressed childhood love into an obsession with a woman depicted in an ancient Roman bas-relief. Through delusion and dreams set in Pompeii, Hanold eventually confronts reality when his forgotten sweetheart cleverly guides him back to sanity, demonstrating what Freud called "cure by love."

Notes

Translation of: Der Wahn und die Träume in W. Jensens "Gradiva." Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delusion_and_Dream_in_Jensen%27s_Gradiva

Author
Jensen, Wilhelm, 1837-1911
Reading level
B1 · Intermediate
Language
English