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    "title": "The Interpretation of Dreams",
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            "text": "Im gleichen Sinne hat sich jüngst noch Gerhart Hauptmann geäußert: »Alle verschiedenen Arten und Grade der Träume erforscht zu haben, würde bedeuten, in einem weit tieferen Sinne, als irgend einem heutigen Kenner der menschlichen Seele zu sein.« (Immanuel Quint.)\n\nGanz psychoanalytisch im Detail der Anweisung klingt endlich eine Eintragung aus Hebbels »Tagebüchern«: »Wenn sich ein Mensch entschließen könnte, alle seine Träume, ohne Unterschied, ohne Rücksicht, mit Treue und Umständlichkeit und unter Hinzufügung eines Kommentars, der dasjenige umfaßte, was er etwa selbst nach Erinnerungen aus seinem Leben und seiner Lektüre an seinen Träumen erklären könnte, niederzuschreiben , so würde er der Menschheit ein großes Geschenk machen. Doch so wie die Menschheit jetzt ist, wird das wohl keiner tun; im stillen und zur eigenen Beherzigung es zu versuchen, wäre auch schon etwas wert.«\n\nAber nicht nur die Bedeutung des Traumlebens für die Menschenkenntnis wird von den Dichtern anerkannt, sondern sie wissen auch über das Wesen des Traumes im einzelnen viel Interessantes auszusagen, was sich oft auffällig mit den Ergebnissen der psychoanalytischen Forschung deckt. Der von den Traumdeutern und Traumbüchern seit jeher angewandte Kunstgriff, die Traumauslegung dem Beruf des Träumers anzupassen, findet sich in der Dichtung wiederholt angedeutet, mit dem Hinweis, daß sich überhaupt die Gedanken des Tages ins Traumleben fortsetzen (186) . Die Auffassung, daß jeder Mensch seinen Interessen und Neigungen entsprechend träume, wird häufig in einer dem Wunscherfüllungsprinzip angenäherten Form ausgesprochen. So heißt es bei Chaucer (The Parlement of Foules, 99 ff.):\n\nÄhnlich hat Shakespeare in der berühmten Stelle von »Romeo and Juliet« das Wirken der »Queen Mab« geschildert:\n\nUnd als Beispiel aus der deutschen Dichtung sei Johann Peter Uz mit einem Vers zitiert (187) :\n\nDie infantilen Traumquellen in der Dichtung.\n\nDaß man sich in naiveren Zeitaltern auch vor der dichterischen Darstellung grob sexueller Traumbefriedigungen nicht scheute, mag das folgende griechische Liebesgedicht (Ausg. v. O. Kiefer) zeigen:\n\nAls Gegenstück sei der griechische Schwank von dem weisen Richter genannt, »der einer Kurtisane das Spiegelbild ihres Lohnes empfahl, als sie von ihrem Liebhaber die Bezahlung forderte, weil er sie im Traume genossen hatte« ( v. d. Leyen , p. 98). Möglicherweise gehört in diesen Zusammenhang auch die Fabel von dem schönen Jüngling Endymion , den seine Geliebte Selene, so oft er von der Jagd ermüdet entschlummert war, liebend in zärtlicher Umarmung besuchte, und dem sein Vater Zeus auf seine Bitten ewigen Schlaf und Jugend gewährte. Diese reizende Phantasie hat Wieland im »Musarion« als erotischen Wunschtraum gefaßt:",
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            "text": "Gerhart Hauptmann has recently expressed himself in the same sense: “To have investigated all the different kinds and degrees of dreams would mean being a connoisseur of the human mind in a far deeper sense than anyone today.” (Immanuel Quint.)\n\nFinally, an entry from Hebbel's “Diaries” sounds thoroughly psychoanalytic in the detail of its instructions: “If a person could resolve to write down all his dreams, without distinction, without consideration, faithfully and in detail, adding a commentary comprising whatever he himself might be able to explain about his dreams from memories of his life and his reading, he would give humanity a great gift. But as humanity now is, no one will probably do it; to attempt it quietly and for one's own reflection would already be worth something.”\n\nBut poets do not merely recognize the significance of dream-life for the knowledge of human beings. They also know how to say much of interest about the nature of dreams in detail, often agreeing strikingly with the findings of psychoanalytic research. The device employed from time immemorial by dream-interpreters and dream-books, that of adapting the interpretation of a dream to the dreamer's occupation, is repeatedly suggested in literature, together with the observation that the thoughts of the day continue into dream-life in general (186). The view that everyone dreams according to his interests and inclinations is frequently expressed in a form approaching the principle of wish-fulfilment. Thus Chaucer writes (The Parlement of Foules, 99 ff.):\n\nShakespeare similarly described the workings of “Queen Mab” in the famous passage from “Romeo and Juliet”:\n\nAnd as an example from German literature, Johann Peter Uz may be quoted in a verse (187):\n\nThe infantile sources of dreams in literature.\n\nThat in more naive ages people did not shrink from the literary depiction of crudely sexual satisfactions in dreams may be shown by the following Greek love poem (ed. O. Kiefer):\n\nAs its counterpart, mention may be made of the Greek farce concerning the wise judge “who advised a courtesan to accept the reflection of her payment in a mirror when she demanded payment from her lover because he had enjoyed her in a dream” (v. d. Leyen, p. 98). Possibly the fable of the beautiful youth Endymion also belongs in this context. Whenever he had fallen asleep exhausted from the hunt, his beloved Selene would lovingly visit him in a tender embrace, and at his request his father Zeus granted him eternal sleep and youth. Wieland construed this charming fantasy as an erotic wishful dream in “Musarion”:",
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            "text": "Gerhart Hauptmann s’est encore exprimé récemment dans le même sens : « Avoir exploré toutes les différentes espèces et tous les degrés du rêve signifierait être, en un sens bien plus profond que quiconque aujourd’hui, un connaisseur de l’âme humaine. » (Immanuel Quint.)\n\nEnfin, une note des « Journaux » de Hebbel sonne tout à fait psychanalytique dans le détail de sa prescription : « Si un homme pouvait se résoudre à consigner tous ses rêves, sans distinction, sans égard, avec fidélité et minutie, en y ajoutant un commentaire comprenant ce qu’il pourrait lui-même expliquer de ses rêves d’après les souvenirs de sa vie et de ses lectures, il ferait un grand présent à l’humanité. Mais, telle que l’humanité est aujourd’hui, personne ne le fera sans doute ; l’essayer en silence et pour sa propre édification aurait déjà quelque valeur. »\n\nMais les poètes ne reconnaissent pas seulement l’importance de la vie onirique pour la connaissance de l’homme ; ils savent aussi énoncer sur la nature particulière du rêve bien des choses intéressantes qui concordent souvent de façon frappante avec les résultats de la recherche psychanalytique. L’artifice employé depuis toujours par les interprètes des rêves et les clés des songes, qui consiste à adapter l’interprétation du rêve à la profession du rêveur, se trouve plusieurs fois suggéré dans la poésie, avec l’indication que les pensées du jour se prolongent généralement dans la vie onirique (186). La conception selon laquelle chacun rêve conformément à ses intérêts et à ses inclinations est souvent exprimée sous une forme proche du principe d’accomplissement du désir. Ainsi lit-on chez Chaucer (The Parlement of Foules, v. 99 et suiv.) :\n\nDe même, Shakespeare a dépeint l’action de la « reine Mab » dans le célèbre passage de « Roméo et Juliette » :\n\nEt, comme exemple tiré de la poésie allemande, citons un vers de Johann Peter Uz (187) :\n\nLes sources infantiles du rêve dans la poésie.\n\nLe poème d’amour grec suivant (éd. O. Kiefer) peut montrer qu’à des époques plus naïves, on ne reculait pas non plus devant la représentation poétique de satisfactions oniriques grossièrement sexuelles :\n\nEn contrepartie, mentionnons la farce grecque du sage juge « qui conseilla à une courtisane de prendre l’image reflétée de son salaire lorsqu’elle exigea d’être payée par son amant parce qu’il avait joui d’elle en rêve » (v. d. Leyen, p. 98). Peut-être faut-il aussi rattacher à ce contexte la fable du beau jeune homme Endymion, auquel sa bien-aimée Séléné rendait visite avec amour et l’enlaçait tendrement chaque fois que, las de la chasse, il s’était endormi, et à qui son père Zeus accorda, à sa demande, le sommeil et la jeunesse éternels. Wieland a conçu cette charmante fantaisie dans « Musarion » comme un rêve érotique de désir :",
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