Könyv jellemzők | |
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Kiadó | Oxford University Press |
Célcsoport | Mindenki |
Kötés | Kötött |
ISBN | 9780199639861 |
Nyelv | Angol |
Nyelvi szint | C2-anyanyelvi |
Kiadás éve | 2013 |
Sorozat | Oxford World\'s Classics |
*A Case of Hysteria combines rare insight into Freud's treatment of patients with a striking story of adultery, family tensions, and emotional conflict with all the elements of a modern novel.
*Ritchie Robertson's fascinating introduction sets the work in its biographical, historical, and intellectual context and offers a close analysis which sheds light on the preconceptions and prejudices Freud brought to the case, and incorporates the
findings of recent scholarship on the real person whom Freud called 'Dora'.
*By its critical examination, the introduction offers material with which to weigh up the strengths and weaknesses of Freud's method of psychoanalysis.
*Explanatory notes elucidate the literary and critical allusions that Freud worked into his text.
*Up-to-date bibliography helps the reader to explore further.
'I very soon had an opportunity to interpret Dora's nervous coughing as the outcome of a fantasized sexual situation.'
A Case of Hysteria, popularly known as the Dora Case, affords a rare insight into how Freud dealt with patients and interpreted what they told him. The 18-year-old 'Dora' was sent for psychoanalysis by her father after threatening suicide