The Interpretation of Dreams - Softcover

Freud, Sigmund

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199537585 ISBN 13: 9780199537587

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2008

Synopsis

This groundbreaking new translation of The Interpretation of Dreams is the first to be based on the original text published in November 1899. It restores Freud's original argument, unmodified by revisions he made following the book's critical reception which included, under the influence of his associate Wilhelm Stekel, the theory of dream symbolism. Reading the first edition reveals Freud's original emphasis on the use of words in dreams and on the difficulty of deciphering them and Joyce Crick captures with far greater immediacy and accuracy than previous translations by Strachey's Freud's emphasis and terminology. An accessible introduction by Ritchie Robertson summarizes and comments on Freud's argument and relates it to his early work. Close annotation explains Freud's many autobiographical, literary and historical allusions and makes this the first edition to present Freud's early work in its full intellectual and cultural context.

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Translated by Joyce Crick and Edited with an introduction by Ritchie Robertson .

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199537585
• ISBN 13: 9780199537587
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Robertson Ritchie