Name: The 'Wolfman' and Other Cases
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ISBN: 9780141183800

Sigmund Freud

This volume contains the case histories of Little Hans, The Ratman and The Wolfman. It also includes 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.

The 'Wolfman' and Other Cases

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.

The 'Wolfman' and Other Cases

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