Studies in Hysteria

by Freud, Sigmund; Breuer, Joseph; Luckhurst, Nicola; Bowlby, Rachel

• ISBN13: 9780142437490
• ISBN10: 0142437492
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-29
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

Hysteria—the tormenting of the body by the troubled mind—is among the most pervasive of human disorders; yet, at the same time, it is the most elusive. Freud’s recognition that hysteria stemmed from traumas in the patient’s past transformed the way we think about sexuality. Studies in Hysteriais one of the founding texts of psychoanalysis, revolutionizing our understanding of love, desire, and the human psyche. As full of compassionate human interest as of scientific insight, these case histories are also remarkable, revelatory works of literature.

Author Biography

Nicola Luckhurst is a lecturer in literature at Goldsmith-'s College, University of London.

Rachel Bowlby is a professor of English at the University of York.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Translator's Preface	p. xxxv
Preface to the first edition	p. 1
Preface to the second edition	p. 3
On the Psychical Mechanism of Hysterical Phenomena (Preliminary Statement) (Breuer and Freud)	p. 5
Case Histories
Fraulein Anna O. (Breuer)	p. 25
Frau Emmy von N. (Freud)	p. 51
Miss Lucy R. (Freud)	p. 109
Katharina (Freud)	p. 128
Fraulein Elisabeth von R. (Freud)	p. 139
Theoretical Issues (Breuer)
Are All Hysterical Phenomena Ideogenic?	p. 190
Intracerebral Tonic Excitation--Affects	p. 196
Hysterical Conversion	p. 205
Hypnoid States	p. 216
Ideas that are Unconscious or Inadmissible to Consciousness, Splitting of the Psyche	p. 223
Innate Disposition; The Development of Hysteria	p. 240
On the Psychotherapy of Hysteria (Freud)	p. 255
Hysterical Phantasies and their Relation to Bisexuality (Freud)	p. 307
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