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"This edition is based on the third edition (1931) of A.A. Brill's English-language translation ... of the third German edition (1911) of Sigmund Freud's The interpretation of dreams (originally published 1899). It also includes the collected prefaces and translator's preface from Brill's 1913 edition"--Copyright page.
About the author
The famously influential neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis,
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) was born in a small town in what is now the Czech Republic. In 1886 he set up in private clinical practice in treating ‘nervous disorders’ and would go on to develop the various techniques associated with psychoanalysis, as well as his famous theories on the unconscious, the human psyche, dreams and sexuality – leading to the publication of many works, of which
The Interpretation of Dreams (1899) and
The Ego and the Id (1923) are just a few examples.
Previously Head of Psychology at the Open University,
Richard Stevens (Introduction) holds a first-class degree in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh as well as an MA (Trinity College Dublin) and a PhD by published work. He has been Chair of the Association for Humanistic Psychology in Britain and helped to found the Consciousness and Experiential Section of the British Psychological Society. His books include
Freud and Psychoanalysis and
Understanding the Self and he has numerous publications in academic and other journals.
Summary
The Interpretation of Dreams is a seminal work of psychological theory and probably the most important of Freud’s output. This new deluxe edition boasts a new introduction by expert Dr Richard Stevens, discussing it in the round, its initial impact and subsequent influence on modern thought, as one of the great works of our cultural heritage.
