He had opened the way for applications to literature, aesthetics, pre-history, history of religion, mythology, education, and other spheres as well. Furthermore it now became clear to him that psychoanalysis was not only of medical interest. The singular importance which Freud attached to his investigation of dreams is due to the fact that it inevitably became a searching self analysis written as a reaction to his father's death, which signified for him "the most important event, the most poignant loss, of a man's life". In view of frequent misunderstandings I should add that Freud never attributed a sexual content or motive force to all dreams. He developed the theory that a dream represents the fulfilment of a wish repellent to consciousness. Subsequently it passed through eight German and three English editions.įreud was led to the study of dreams by the method of free association, which he had invented. When Freud embarked on his study the subject of dreams was taboo in learned quarters and a cold silence greeted the first edition. Much material including some correspondence will be included which has not previously appeared in English. The remaining works will appear in the next few years in honour of the centenary of Freud's birth in 1856, and they will have the great advantage of being arranged in chronological order. The present version appears as the first two volumes of the Standard Edition of Freud's complete psychological works to be published in 24 volumes.
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