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Sigmund Freud

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The Uncanny Summary

The Uncanny is a collection of essays by Sigmund Freud, who mostly uses the psychoanalytic approach to try and understand the creative mind. Some of the essays, most notably, "Screen Memories" and "Family Romances", are more general and apply to psychological development in general, not just to the development or minds of artists.

"Screen Memories" is that first memory and deals with pseudo memories of childhood that Freud calls "screen memories...

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