Schreber Case

Freud rarely treated psychotic patients or psychoanalyzed people just from their writings but he had a powerful and imaginative understanding of their condition--revealed most notably in this analysis of a remarkable memoir. In 1903 Judge Daniel Schreber a highly intelligent and cultured man produced a vivid account of his nervous illness dominated by the desire to become a woman terrifying delusions about his doctor and a belief in his own special relationship with God. Eight years later Freud's penetrating insight uncovered the impulses and feelings Schreber had about his father which underlay his extravagant symptoms. <p/>For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700 titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.