Publisher's Synopsis
Sigmund Freud's case study of Dora is a key text in his oeuvre. It finds itself at the crossroads of his studies on hysteria, the theory of sexuality and dream interpretation. It is ground-breaking in its analyses of transference and trauma. This volume presents the original version of the text as published in 1905. In the extensive commentary on the text the theoretical and literary aspects of the text as explored. The commentaries explore Freud's fundamental ideas on infantile sexuality and trauma, and present the text as a narrative text that can be tackled with the instruments of literary analysis. The questions Freud raises in the Dora case are still highly relevant for scholars working on psychoanalysis, sexuality, gender, philosophical anthropology and literary studies.
