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A review by lizzybug
The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud
I read this as part of the multi-volume standard edition.
This is one of Freud's most important works. There are sections that are extremely tedious-- Freud is trying to lay out a systematic framework for his theory. It also helps to know some of Freud's biography for the time of this writing. He was struggling with his career, his friendship with his best friend and mentor who had committed an act of grave malpractice that appears to influence the Irma dream, which Freud doesn't acknowledge. At its best, it is brilliant and mind-opening, even know. Freud anticipated many of today's findings about sleep and dreaming, and reading Freud with an open mind can help anyone learn about dreams
This is one of Freud's most important works. There are sections that are extremely tedious-- Freud is trying to lay out a systematic framework for his theory. It also helps to know some of Freud's biography for the time of this writing. He was struggling with his career, his friendship with his best friend and mentor who had committed an act of grave malpractice that appears to influence the Irma dream, which Freud doesn't acknowledge. At its best, it is brilliant and mind-opening, even know. Freud anticipated many of today's findings about sleep and dreaming, and reading Freud with an open mind can help anyone learn about dreams