How Long to Read Delusion and Dream

How Long Does it Take to Read Delusion and Dream?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 16 minutes to read Delusion and Dream by Sigmund Freud

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

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Delusion and Dream in Jensen's Gradiva German: Der Wahn und die Träume in W. Jensens "Gradiva" Sigmund Freud 1907 Delusion and Dream in Jensen's Gradiva (German: Der Wahn und die Träume in W. Jensens "Gradiva") is an essay written in 1907 by Sigmund Freud that subjects the novel Gradiva by Wilhelm Jensen, and especially its protagonist, to psychoanalysis. The novel is about a young archaeologist, Norbert Hanold, who comes to realize his love for his childhood friend through a long and complex process, mainly by associating her with an idealized woman in the form of the Gradiva bas-relief. Freud considered the novel as providing a prime example of 'something which might be called "cure by seduction" or "cure by love"', as well as evidence 'that the Oedipus complex is still active in normal adults, too'. An isolated, unworldly individual, Hanold has 'repressed the memory of a girl, Zoë Bertgang, with whom he has grown up and to whom he had been affectionately attached'; but is unconsciously reminded of her by 'a bas-relief depicting a young, lovely woman with a distinctive gait. He calls her "Gradiva", which means "the woman who steps along"'. After a dream about "Gradiva" and the destruction of Pompeii, Hanold 'leaves for Pompeii, where he meets a young woman, very much alive, whom he takes for Gradiva. In the course of the meetings that follow, he organizes his mania, stalking and interpreting signs (Gradiva appears at noon, the ghost hour, and the like). "Gradiva" seeks to cure him by gradually revealing her identity to him'. The woman is of course Hanold's childhood sweetheart, Zoë; and 'fortunately his "Gradiva" is as shrewd as she is beautiful. Zoë, the "source" of his malaise, also becomes the agent of its resolution; recognizing Hanold's delusions for what they are, she restores him to sanity, disentangling his fantasies from reality'- it 'is only Zoë who can tell him that his archeological interest is sublimated desire for her'. With respect to 'the final paragraph, in which Jensen has Hanold asking Zoë to walk ahead of him and she complies with a smile, ' Freud put, "Erotic...foot interest"...By walking ahead of him in imitation of "Gradiva" on the plaque, she finds the key to his therapy'.

How long is Delusion and Dream?

Delusion and Dream by Sigmund Freud is 134 pages long, and a total of 34,036 words.

This makes it 45% the length of the average book. It also has 42% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Delusion and Dream Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 5 minutes to read Delusion and Dream aloud.

What Reading Level is Delusion and Dream?

Delusion and Dream is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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