Psychoanalytic Technique and Theory

This volume consists of a series of essays inspired by Freud''s paper on Jensen''s novel Gradiva - "she who steps along." In the story a young archaeologist, Norbert Hanold, suffers from delusions but is able to unravel the mysteries of his emotional life and mind with the aid of a woman who does not challenge these delusions, but rather "steps along" with Hanold, gradually helping him to disentan...