Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The unconscious of psychoanalysis: Freud's literary allusions; 2. A sublime ambivalence: Freud as literary critic; 3. The literary-critical paradigm: Sources as Freud's hermeneutic; 4. The Frustrated Dichter: literary qualities of Freud's text; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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This original study offers a comprehensive reappraisal of Freud's work from a literary-critical perspective.

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"Frankland...is the only scholar to date to aspire to exhaustive treatment of Freud's complicated involvement with literature...a valuable resource." Choice "Freud's Literary Culture is a truly remarkable book that will stir the reader to reread Freud's work from a fresh point fo view...Freud's Literary Culture is a wonderfully stimulating and extraordinary comprehensive study of nonclinical influences on Freud's work." Psychoanalytic Quarterly