Studies in hysteria / Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer ; translated by Nicola Luckhurst ; with an introduction by Rachel Bowlby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.

Contributor:

Breuer, Josef, 1842-1925.

Luckhurst, Nicola.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Studien über Hysterie. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Hysteria.

Psychoanalysis.

Medical Subjects:

Hysteria.

Psychoanalysis.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xlii, 315 pages ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Penguin Books, [2004]

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 Hysteria" is 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.

Contents:

I On the Psychical Mechanism of Hysterical Phenomena (Preliminary Statement) (Breuer and Freud) 5

II Case Histories

1 Fraulein Anna O. (Breuer) 25

2 Frau Emmy von N. (Freud) 51

3 Miss Lucy R. (Freud) 109

4 Katharina (Freud) 128

5 Fraulein Elisabeth von R. (Freud) 139

III Theoretical Issues (Breuer)

1 Are All Hysterical Phenomena Ideogenic? 190

2 Intracerebral Tonic Excitation

Affects 196

3 Hysterical Conversion 205

4 Hypnoid States 216

5 Ideas that are Unconscious or Inadmissible to Consciousness, Splitting of the Psyche 223

6 Innate Disposition; The Development of Hysteria 240

IV On the Psychotherapy of Hysteria (Freud) 255

Hysterical Phantasies and their Relation to Bisexuality (Freud) 307.

Notes:

Breuer's name appears first on earlier editions.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0142437492

OCLC:

53820634