The Diary of Sigmund Freud 1929-1939: A Record of the Final Decade
1993; American Medical Association; Volume: 269; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/jama.1993.03500030116047
ISSN1538-3598
Autores Tópico(s)Themes in Literature Analysis
ResumoIn Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest , the young Cecily says, "I keep a diary in order to enter the wonderful secrets of my life." Her governess, Miss Prism, worried about possible indiscretions, suggests that memory should suffice. Cecily wisely says that memory is not an appropriate substitute. Memory, she says, "usually chronicles the things that have never happened and couldn't possibly have happened." The Diary of Sigmund Freud is not a diary in Cecily's sense. It says little of the wonderful secrets of Freud's life and nothing about his indiscretions. Beginning in his 73rd year, in October of 1929, Freud kept a record of events in the form of a series of short notations, which he entitled "The Shortest Chronicle." This record was kept for almost exactly 10 years, until a few weeks prior to his death. It consists of a date and a few words recording a
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