Freud's views of women were rooted in a culture in which there were enormous prejudices about the capacities of women. Their sexuality baffled him. Freud would later say that women were largely "a ...

As Freud struggled to learn the most secret things about himself, his childhood was coming back in a rush of discovery, disconnected memories and dreams, he recalled a nightmare about his mother ...

A mad “shrink” high on cocaine, obsessed with sex, death and bizarre theories of the mind – that’s how many people remember ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login A genuinely accessible introduction to Freud's theory and its application to literary and cultural studies. Few figures have had as much ...

In some quarters it is considered a given that Sigmund Freud's treatment of women was aberrant and indicative of a patriarchal approach, in which women were demeaned and mistreated. From today's ...