Delusion and Dream
by Sigmund Freud and Wilhelm Jensen
- First published
- 1921
- Reading level
- Fairly demanding
- Price
- Free
About the 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."
- Psychoanalysis
- Dreams
- Pompeii (Extinct city)
- Jensen, Wilhelm, 1837-1911. Gradiva
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #44917. Delusion and Dream on Wikipedia.
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