Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud is commonly referred to as "the father of psychoanalysis" and his work has been highly influential - popularizing such notions as the unconscious, the Oedipus complex, defense mechanisms, Freudian slips and dream symbolism - while also making a long-lasting impact on fields as diverse as literature, film, Marxist and feminist theories, and psychology.
In Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners, Sigmund Freud, coined
...As the founder of the field of psychoanalysis, Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud possessed remarkable insight into the human psyche. This collection brings together two interesting essays in which Freud applies his unparalleled understanding of the workings of the human mind to a discussion of a pair of perennial problems.
The new Penguin Freud, under Adam Phillips' general editorship, offers a fantastic opportunity to see Freud in a fresh light.
This endlessly beguiling, suggestive, thought-provoking writer can be appreciated nowhere more vividly than in The Case Histories: 'Little Hans', 'The Rat Man', 'The Wolf Man' and 'Some Character Types Met within Psychoanalytic Work.'
8) Dreams
Here are the essential ideas of psychoanalytic theory, including Freud's explanations of such concepts as the Id, Ego and Super-Ego, the Death Instinct and Pleasure Principle, along with classic case studies like that of the Wolf Man.
Adam Phillips's marvellous selection provides an ideal overview of Freud's thought in all its extraordinary ambition and variety. Psychoanalysis may be known as the 'talking cure', yet it is also and profoundly,
Readers can get a first-hand glimpse at the origins of psychoanalytic literary criticism in this compelling volume. It includes both the novel Gradiva by German writer Wilhelm Jensen, as well as an assessment of the novel by Sigmund Freud, the founding father of psychoanalysis.