{"product_id":"the-interpretation-of-dreams","title":"The Interpretation of Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Sigmund Freud\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Joyce Crick \u003cbr\u003eEdited by Ritchie Robertson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Joyce Crick and Edited with an introduction by Ritchie Robertson one-hundred years ago \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigmund Freud published \u003cem\u003eThe Interpretations of Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e, a book that, like Darwin's The Origin of Species, revolutionized our understanding of human nature. Now this groundbreaking new translation—the first to be based on the original text published in November 1899—brings us a more readable, more accurate, and more coherent picture of Freud's masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003eThe first edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Interpretation of Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e is much shorter than its subsequent editions; each time the text was reissued, from 1909 onwards, Freud added to it. The most significant, and in many ways the most unfortunate addition, is a 50-page section devoted to the kind of mechanical reading of dream symbolism—long objects equal male genitalia, etc.—that has gained popular currency and partially obscured Freud's more profound insights into dreams. In the original version presented here, Freud's emphasis falls more clearly on the use of words in dreams and on the difficulty of deciphering them. Without the strata of later additions, readers will find here a clearer development of Freud's central ideas—of dream as wish-fulfillment, of the dream's manifest and latent content, of the retelling of dreams as a continuation of the dreamwork, and much more. Joyce Crick's translation is lighter and faster-moving than previous versions, enhancing the sense of dialogue with the reader, one of Freud's stylistic strengths, and allowing us to follow Freud's theory as it evolved through difficult cases, apparently intractable counter-examples, and fascinating analyses of Freud's own dreams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe restoration of Freud's classic is a major event, giving us in a sense a new work by one of this century' most startling, original, and influential thinkers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e514 pages | 4 line illustrations\u003cbr\u003eOxford University Press, 2008\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1899\u003cbr\u003e5 x 7.7 x 0.9 inches \u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780199537587\u003cbr\u003ePsychology\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":436789657,"sku":"9780199537587","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/The-Interpretation-of-Dreams_Sigmund-Freud_Joyce-Crick_Ritchie-Robertson.jpg?v=1591816707","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/the-interpretation-of-dreams","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}