This is the first major analysis of Freud's five celebrated five case studies of Little Hans, Dora, the Rat Man, the Wolf Man and Schreber. O'Neill sets out the details of each case and critically engages with the narratives using a mixture of psychoanalytical insight and social theory. The book:
Provides a clear and powerful account of the five major case studies that helped to establish the Freud legend.Situates the cases and the analysis into the appropriate social and historical contexts.Offers distinctive interpretations of the symptomatic body, of illness as a language, dream work and the Madonna complex.Challenges us to revisit the canonical texts of psychoanalysis.
- ISBN10 6613554871
- ISBN13 9786613554871
- Publish Date 30 December 2010 (first published 10 December 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 September 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Sage Publications (CA)
- Format eBook
- Pages 241
- Language English