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Delusion and Dream: an Interpretation in the Light of Psychoanalysis of Gradiva is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Freud, Sigmund (1856–1939); Jensen, Wilhelm (1837–1911). The listed translation credits are Downey, Helen M. (1884–1974).
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"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."
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- Title: Delusion and Dream: an Interpretation in the Light of Psychoanalysis of Gradiva
- Author credits: Freud, Sigmund (1856–1939); Jensen, Wilhelm (1837–1911)
- Catalogue language: English
- Translator credits: Downey, Helen M. (1884–1974)
Catalogue subjects
- Dreams -- Fiction
- Jensen, Wilhelm, 1837-1911. Gradiva
- Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Fiction
- Psychoanalysis
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- Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
- Category: Psychiatry/Psychology
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