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When a disturbed young Russian man came to Freud for treatment, the analysis of his childhood neuroses—most notably a dream about wolves outside his bedroom window—eventually revealed a deep-seated trauma. It took more than four years to treat him, and "The Wolfman" became one of Freud's most famous cases. This volume also contains the case histories of a boy's fear of horses and the Ratman's violent fear of rats, as well as the essay "Some Character Types," in which Freud draws on the work of Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Nietzsche to demonstrate different kinds of resistance to therapy. Above all, the case histories show us Freud at work, in his own words.
Introduction Translator's Preface
Analysis of a Phobia in a Five-year-old Boy ["Little Hans"]
I. Introduction II. Case History and Analysis III. Epicrisis IV. Postscript to the Analysis of Little Hans
Some Remarks on a Case of Obsessive-compulsive Neurosis [The "Ratman"]
I. Case History II. Theoretical Remarks
From the History of an Infantile Neurosis [The "Wolfman"]
I. Preliminary Remarks II. Survey of the Patient's Milieu and Medical History III. Seduction and Its Immediate Consequences IV. The Dream and the Primal Scene V. Some Matters for Discussion VI. Obsessive-compulsive Neurosis VII. Anal Eroticism and the Castration Complex VIII. Supplementary Material from Earliest Childhood - Solution IX. Recapitulations and Problems
Some Character Types Encountered in Psychoanalytic Work
I. Exceptions II. Those who Founder on Success III. Criminals who Act Out of a Consciousness of Guilt
Overview
When a disturbed young Russian man came to Freud for treatment, the analysis of his childhood neuroses—most notably a dream about wolves outside his bedroom window—eventually revealed a deep-seated trauma. It took more than four years to treat him, and "The Wolfman" became one of Freud's most famous cases. This volume also contains the case histories of a boy's fear of horses and the Ratman's violent fear of rats, as well as the essay "Some Character Types," in which Freud draws on the work of Shakespeare, Ibsen,...