Psychoanalysis is bedded in the work on hysteria done by Freud and Breuer, and this volume contains both their 'Preliminary Communication' of 1893 and the fuller publication of 1895, with its famous case histories.
In the Studies we can watch some of the major concepts of psychoanalysis being hatched. Such obstacles as amnesia and the patient's unwitting resistance to treatment are encountered; an unconscious mind is revealed; the strength of sexual instincts is underlined; the phenomenon of transference is recognized and the principle of constancy formulated.
The introduction to this edition discusses to which partner each of these revolutionary discoveries should be credited - the dynamic Freud or the older and more cautious Breuer.
The Pelican Freud Library
Studies on Hysteria has been edited by Angela Richards for The Pelican Freud Library. Based on James Strachey's Standard Edition this collection of fifteen volumes will be the first full paperback edition of Freud's works in English.
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