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Delusion and Dream in Jensen's Gradiva (German: Der Wahn und die Träume in W. Jensens "Gradiva") is an essay written in 1907 by Sigmund Freud that subjects the novel Gradiva by Wilhelm Jensen, and especially its protagonist, to psychoanalysis.
Feb 15, 2014 · Finally, after a remarkable anxiety-dream he intensifies the fancy of the existence and destruction of the girl named Gradiva into a delusion which comes to influence his acts. These performances of imagination would appear to us strange and inscrutable, if we should encounter them in a really living person.
Freud, S. (1907) Delusions and Dreams in Jensen's Gradiva. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud 9:1-96
Freud, S. (1907) Delusions and Dreams in Jensen's Gradiva. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud 9:1-96
It is the story of Norbert Hanold, a young archeologist obsessed with his work for whom women do not exist. Visiting a museum, he is struck by the beauty of a bas-relief of young Roman woman, very light on her feet, whom he baptized "Gradiva" (she who walks). He purchases a reproduction, which he hangs on the wall of his workroom.
Feb 15, 2014 · Gradiva / Wilhelm Jensen -- Delusion and dream in "Gradiva" / Sigmund Freud. Credits: Produced by Sean (scribe_for_hire@yahoo.com), based on page images generously made available by the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/delusiondreamint00freuuoft). Language: English: LoC Class: PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic ...
This short story lends itself particularly well to that kind of demonstration, because the adventures which the hero, an archaeologist called Hanold, experiences in his dreams and delusions can be looked upon in much the same way as a psychoanalyst would study the development of a clinical condition as observed in a patient.
