Overview

Freud's 17-year-old case study ""Dora"" is well known in the literature of psychoanalysis. Yet few know the full story--told here for the first time--of this notable woman, who walked out on Freud after three months and, in a sense, cured herself. Born into an important Jewish-Austrian family, Ida Bauer Adler suffered from ""petite hysteria""--loss of voice, difficulty breathing, migraines, fainting spells--brought on by the overt sexuality of her relatives. Growing up in a home beset with syphilis and tuberculosis, she overcame her father's marital infidelity, her mother's so-called housewife psychosis and her own seduction by the husband of her father's mistress. She married, raised a son, started a small business, stayed close with her brother, Otto, leader of the Austrian Socialist party, and survived Hitler's invasion of Vienna. Eventually, she made her way to the U.S. to rejoin her famous son, maestro of the San Francisco Opera House.

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Author:   Marge Thorell
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.322kg
ISBN:  

9781476682792

ISBN 10:   1476682798
Pages:   231
Publication Date:   25 May 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part I: Secrets and Lies  1. The Search for Secrets  2. The Secret of Freud’s Women  3. The Bauer Ménage and Its Secrets  4. The Secret Life of Merano  5. The K’s Ménage and Their Secrets  6. The Nature of Secrets Part II: Dora and Freud  7. The Teenager and the Analyst  8. Freud’s Story of the Seductions  9. Dreams and Desires 10. Dreams and Hysteria 11. The Master Part III: Triumph Over Freud 12. The Return 13. Marriage 14. Motherhood 15. The Bauer Family After Freud 16. The Politics and Power of Otto Bauer 17. World War I Part IV: The Aftermath 18. The New World Order 19. The Nazi Period 20. Kurt in the United States 21. Ida’s Escape 22. The Aftermath 23. The Scholarship Epilogue Chronology Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Marge Thorell has written extensively about Karen and Carl Larsson and Sweden as well as psychoanalysis and Dora. An article on Ida Bauer appeared in the Schuylkill Valley Journal. She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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