Sigmund Freud

by Thurschwell, Pamela

• ISBN13: 9780415215213
• ISBN10: 0415215218
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Sigmund Freud provides an invaluable introduction to the life and work of one of the twentieth century's most important thinkers. Studied on most undergraduate literary and cultural studies courses, Sigmund Freud takes a fresh look at the work of this groundbreaking theorist, offering students a clear introduction to Freud's importance for psychoanalytic literary criticism, while tracing the scientific and cultural contexts from which he emerged. This book guides readers through Freud's terminology and key ideas and includes a detailed bibliography of his own and other relevant texts. Every literature student should read Freud, no literature student should be without this book.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's preface	vii
Acknowledgements	xi
WHY FREUD?	1	(12)
KEY IDEAS	13	(100)
Early theories	15	(12)
Interpretation	27	(16)
Sexuality	43	(18)
Case histories	61	(18)
Freud's maps of the mind	79	(16)
Society and religion	95	(18)
AFTER FREUD	113	(22)
FURTHER READING	135	(12)
Works cited	147	(6)
Index	153