Papers on Language & Literature, March 22nd, 1995
The fifth book of William Wordsworth's work entitled 'The Prelude' contains a narrative of a nightmare about a forthcoming apocalyptic flood. The dream sequence is considered pre-Freudian in the sense that it precedes Freud's theory on the subject and contains the elements that interested Freud greatly. Critics could safely interpret this particular work of Wordsworth according to Freudian terms.
The dream featured towards the outset of Book V of The Prelude is, from a Freudian perspective, an extraordinary piece of work. Its Freudian qualities may nevertheless not be at all evident from its ...
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