LEADER 03925nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910780050503321 005 20230421041439.0 010 $a1-282-75197-2 010 $a9786612751974 010 $a1-4008-2136-3 010 $a1-4008-1379-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400821365 035 $a(CKB)111056486503546 035 $a(EBL)581667 035 $a(OCoLC)700688709 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000158465 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11155351 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158465 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10149757 035 $a(PQKB)10036123 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581667 035 $a(OCoLC)51575505 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35946 035 $a(DE-B1597)446087 035 $a(OCoLC)979954260 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400821365 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL581667 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10035790 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275197 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486503546 100 $a19940314d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFreud's wishful dream book$b[electronic resource] /$fAlexander Welsh 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc1994 215 $a1 online resource (158 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-03718-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 139-145). 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE --$tCHAPTER ONE. "A Dream Is the Fulfilment of a Wish" --$tCHAPTER TWO. "Dreams Really Have a Secret Meaning" --$tCHAPTER THREE. "So Far as I Knew, I Was Not an Ambitious Man" --$tCHAPTER FOUR. "It Had Been Possible to Hoodwink the Censorship" --$tCHAPTER FIVE. "The Only Villain among the Crowd of Noble Characters" --$tINDEX OF WORKS CITED 330 $aAlthough it is customary to credit Freud's self-analysis, it may be more accurate, Alexander Welsh argues, to say that psychoanalysis began when The Interpretation of Dreams was published in the last weeks of the nineteenth century. Only by going public with his theory--that dreams manifest hidden wishes--did Freud establish a position to defend and embark upon a career. That position and career have been among the most influential in this century. In August 1899, Freud wrote to Wilhelm Fliess of the dream book in terms reminiscent of Dante's Inferno. Beginning from a dark wood, this modern journey features "a concealed pass though which I lead the reader--my specimen dream with its peculiarities, details, indiscretions, bad jokes--and then suddenly the high ground and the view and the question, Which way do you wish to go now?" Physician that he is, Freud appoints himself guide rather than hero, yet the way "you" wish to go is very much his prescribed way. In Welsh's book, readers are invited on Freud's journey, to pause at each concealed pass in his seminal work and ask where the guide is taking them and why. Along the way, Welsh shows how Freud's arbitrary turnings are themselves wishful, intended to persuade by pleasing the reader and author alike; that his interest in secrets and his self-proclaimed modest ambition are products of their time; and that the book may best be read as a romance or serial comedy. "Some of the humor throughout," Welsh notes, "can only be understood as a particular kind of fine performance." Welsh offers the first critical overview of the argument in Freud's masterpiece and of the author who presents himself as guide. 606 $aDream interpretation 606 $aPsychoanalysis 615 0$aDream interpretation. 615 0$aPsychoanalysis. 676 $a154.6/34 700 $aWelsh$b Alexander$0163690 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780050503321 996 $aFreud's wishful dream book$93674466 997 $aUNINA