Delusion and Dream in Jensen's Gradiva

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Delusion and Dream in Jensen's Gradiva (1907) is an essay by Sigmund Freud that analyzes the novel Gradiva by Jensen from a psychoanalytical point of view.

The novel is about a young archaeologist who comes to realize his love for his childhood friend through a long and complex process, mainly associating her with an idealized woman in the form of the gradiva bas-relief.

PostStructuralist philosopher Jacques Derrida references Freud's use of Jensen's GraDIVa in his own book length essay "Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression" (1995).

The Gradiva Awards, given by the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, are named after Freud's essay.

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