The Uncanny

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by Sigmund Freud

Penguin USA

Due/Published October 2003, 176 pages, paper

ISBN 0142437476

The works that comprise The Uncanny present some of Freud's most influential explorations of the mind. In these pieces Freud investigates the vivid but seemingly trivial childhood memories that often "screen" deeply uncomfortable desires; the links between literature and daydreaming; and our intensely mixed feelings about things we experience as "uncanny." Also included is Freud's celebrated study of Leonardo Da Vinci--his first exercise in psychobiography. The title essay itself is terrific!