XIII.

I disclaim all pretension to have thrown light here upon all the problems of the dream, or to have dealt convincingly with everything here touched upon. If anyone is interested in the whole of dream literature, I refer him to the works of Sante de Sanctis (I sogni, Turin, 1899). For a more complete investigation of my conception of the dream, my work should be consulted: “Die Traumdeutung,” Leipzig and Vienna, third edition, 1911.[5] I will only point out in what direction my exposition on dream work should be followed up.

Footnote 5:

Freud, “The Interpretation of Dreams,” third edition, translated by A. A. Brill. London: George Allen and Company, Ltd.

If I posit as the problem of dream interpretation the replacement of the dream by its latent ideas—that is, the resolution of that which the dream work has woven—I raise a series of new psychological problems which refer to the mechanism of this dream work as well as to the nature and the conditions of this so-called repression. On the other hand, I claim the existence of dream thoughts as a very valuable foundation for psychical construction of the highest order, provided with all the signs of normal intellectual performance. This matter is, however, removed from consciousness until it is rendered in the distorted form of the dream content. I am compelled to believe that all persons have such ideas, since nearly all, even the most normal, can have dreams. To the unconsciousness of dream ideas, or their relationship to consciousness and to repression, are linked questions of the greatest psychological importance. Their solution must be postponed until the analysis of the origin of other psychopathic growths, such as the symptoms of hysteria and of obsessions, has been made clear.

LITERATURE

For a completer study of Dream Symbolism, consult the work of Artemidorus Daldianus: The Interpretation of Dreams. Rendered into English by “R. W.”—_i.e._, Robert Wood. The fourth edition, newly written. B. L., London, 1644. The last edition was published in 1786.

SCHERNER, R. A. Das Leben des Traumes. Berlin, 1861.

FREUD. The Interpretation of Dreams.

For the symbolism of legend, myth, and saga compared with dreams, see—

ABRAHAM, KARL. Traum und Mythus.

RANK, OTTO. Der Mythus von der Geburt des Helden.

RIKLIN, F. Wunscherfüllung und Symbolik im Märchen.

These three works are published by Franz Deuticke, Vienna.

English translations are ready, or are in preparation.

Recent literature will be found in—

Jahrbuch für Psychoanalytische und Psychopathologische Forschungen: Franz Deuticke.

Internationale Zeitschrift für Ärztliche Psychoanalyse; and Imago (both published by Hugo Heller and Co., Vienna).

BILLING AND SONS, LTD., PRINTERS, GUILDFORD

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