The Interpretation of Dreams (Concise Edition)

by Sigmund Freud

ISBN: 9781804177921

Published: 2024-05-14

Freud's seminal work helped shaped the cultural landscape of the world today. Now in a digestible, pocket format for the modern reader. The Interpretation of Dreams is an essential work of psychological and cultural heritage and probably the most important of Freud’s impressive output. Published in 1899 but revised by Freud himself many times, it outlines his theories on the unconscious and dream symbolism. Though largely superseded by subsequent developments and research, it retains its place as a hugely influential and significant opus. This new compact edition is abridged by expert Dr Richard Stevens. It uses A.A. Brill’s 1913 translation of the third edition, with an introduction by Dr Stevens, who discusses the context, reception, influence, importance and merits or otherwise of Freud’s text and Brill’s translation. The FLAME TREE Foundations series features core publications which together have shaped the cultural landscape of the modern world, with cutting-edge research...