The book “Cordelia is Death: Sigmund Freud’s Writings on Art and Literature” (La Pollera Ediciones), edited by Andrés Beytía and translated by Pola Iriarte, compiles eight texts by Freud written between 1908 and 1928 that explore the relationship between art and psychoanalysis.
The publication allows us to review how Sigmund Freud analyzes works by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Zweig, Da Vinci, and Michelangelo, among others, using these pieces as examples to explain psychoanalytic concepts and to reveal hidden aspects of the human psyche.
The edition includes a prologue by the editor that explains the selection of texts and the translation, as well as a text by Pola Iriarte on the challenge of translating Freud’s works.
The book offers a deep understanding of Freud’s ideas and their applications in the analysis of art, creativity and the human mind, making it essential reading for those interested in psychoanalysis, art and literature.
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