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A new translation of one of Freud's most important and intriguing texts, by Britain's leading translator of German literature.
A Case of Hysteria combines rare insight into Freud's treatment of patients with a striking story of adultery, family tensions, and emotional conflict with all the elements of a modern novel.
Ritchie Robertson's fascinating introduction sets the work in its biographical, historical, and intellectual context and offers a close analysis which sheds light on the preconceptions and prejudices Freud brought to the case, and incorporates the
findings of recent scholarship on the real person whom Freud called 'Dora'.
By its critical examination, the introduction offers material with which to weigh up the strengths and weaknesses of Freud's method of psychoanalysis.
Explanatory notes elucidate the literary and critical allusions that Freud worked into his text.
Up-to-date bibliography helps the reader to explore further.

A Case of Hysteria, popularly known as the Dora Case, affords a rare insight into how Freud dealt with patients and interpreted what they told him. The 18-year-old 'Dora' was sent for psychoanalysis by her father after threatening suicide