The "Wolfman" and Other Cases

By Sigmund Freud

Book Overview

When a disturbed young Russian man came to Freud for treatment, the analysis of his childhood neuroses--most notably a dream about wolves outside his bedroom window--eventually revealed a deep-seated trauma. It took more than four years to treat him, and "The Wolfman" became one of Freud's most famous cases. This volume also contains the case histories of a boy's fear of horses and the Ratman's violent fear of rats, as well as the essay "Some Character Types," in which Freud draws on the work of Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Nietzsche to demonstrate different kinds of resistance to therapy. Above all, the case histories show us Freud at work, in his own words.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014243745X
• ISBN13: 9780142437452
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher