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The Uncanny (Penguin Classics)
by Sigmund Freud
Available from Powells Used Books
$9.50
on 10-10-2008
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ISBN Number: 9780142437476
Editor: Phillips, Adam
Translator: McClintock, David
Translator: McClintock, David
Editor: Phillips, Adam
Author: McLintock, David
Author: Haughton, Hugh
Author: Freud, Sigmund
Publisher: Penguin Books
Location: New York
Subject: History
Subject: Psychoanalysis
Subject: Movements, Psychoanalysis
Edition Description: Includes bibliographical references.
Series: Penguin Classics
Series Volume: 1737-16
Publication Date: September 2003
Cover Type: Paperback
Grade Level: General/trade
Written in: English
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: 240
Book Size: 784x492x58 41
Freud was fascinated by the mysteries of creativity and the imagination. The groundbreaking works that comprise "The Uncanny" present some of his most influential explorations of the mind. In these pieces Freud investigates the vivid but seemingly trivial childhood memories that often "screen" deeply uncomfortable desires; the links between literature and daydreaming; and our intensely mixed feelings about things we experience as "uncanny." Also included is Freud's celebrated study of Leonardo Da Vinci-his first exercise in psychobiography.
Book News Annotation: Contains new translations of five essays written by Freud: "Screen
memories," "The creative writer and daydreaming," "Family romances,"
"Leonardo da Vinci and a memory of his childhood," and "The uncanny."
Focusing on the role of childhood fantasy, the essays are a rare
attempt by Freud to understand the process of artistic creation.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Review: "[Freud] ultimately did more for our understanding of art than any other writer since Aristotle." (Lionel Trilling)
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