The current resurgence of interest in the scientific origins of psychoanalysis has overshadowed the artistic and literary models to which Freud had recourse time and again in the development and presentation of his theories. It is this neglected aesthetic wellspring of psychoana…
The current resurgence of interest in the scientific origins of psychoanalysis has overshadowed the artistic and literary models to which Freud had recourse time and again in the development and presentation of his theories. It is this neglected aesthetic wellspring of psychoana…
Trosman demonstrates how Freud's cultural and humanistic commitments guided his pursuit of a science of mind. Focusing especially on the literary and artistic models available to Freud, Trosman undertakes a number of tasks: to place Freud within the form.