Doppelganger, Dreams, and Delusions: A Freudian Reading of Marie Eugenie delle Grazie's Der Schatten

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  • Jared Loehrmann UC Davis

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https://doi.org/10.15173/sj.v1i1.167

Abstract

Very few critics have dealt with delle Grazie’s play, and those who have, have not considered the character of the Shadow in the way I am analyzing it here. Maria Mayer- Flaschberger mentioned the drama in her biography on delle Grazie, but without critical commentary. Similarly, even though more thorough, Bernhard Münz dedicated a few pages to Der Schatten in his book on the author. However, he approached the play from an angle very different to my analysis. For those unfamiliar with delle Grazie’s drama, I will first give a short synopsis. 

References

delle Grazie, Marie Eugenie. Der Schatten. Leipzig, Germany: Druck und Verlag Breitkopf und Härtel, 1902.

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