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PSAR 8(3):329-336 (1921)

Imago: Zeitschrift für die Anwendung der Psychoanalyse auf die Geis-teswissenschaften.

Author: Louise Brink

(Vol. IV, Nos. 2, 3)

Schiller's “Geisterseher.” Parts 1, 2. DR. Hanns Sachs.
The Tragic Hero and the Criminal. A Contribution to the Psychology of the Tragic. By Leo Kaplan. The Consciousness of Guilt and Punishment.—Orestes.—Marmeladow.—Roskolnikow.— Brynhild.—The Scapegoat.
Puberty Rites Among Savages. Some Similarities in the Mental Life of Primitive and Neurotic People. Dr. Theodore Reik. (Continued.)

Schiller's “Geisterseher.”—Sachs submits to anaylsis this unfinished work of Schiller in order to determine various important psychological meanings it has in the poet's creative life. It was a work accepted by all readers but always after its publication spoken of disparagingly by the poet himself. It was broken off abruptly, it stands apart in character from his other work while it marks chronologically a turning point in his literary career. It is a “mongrel” work of especial interest psychologically.
The tale has a vivid charm by which scenes of a long past time still exert their fascination. Its mysteries and intrigues are set in the favorable soil of Venice. The characters have each one a distinct psychological vitality. There is throughout the story a spirit of mystery and terror not dispelled by the clever intellectual exposure of the jugglery with which much of the mystery is carried on. Sachs sees in this story a forerunner of the modern detective story, in which a valuation of intellectual power has superseded the older enjoyment of more feeling life in literature. Yet the “Geisterseher” remains distinct in its exceptionally intricate plot, its originality and its boldness. Chiefly important is the psychological development of the hero.
A German prince sojourning for a time in Venice, a sober retiring character, becomes the object of a conspiracy playing darkly around him, and while he is slowly involved in its toils, he also gradually develops a response to certain possibilities suggested to him, and awakening ambition, to be furthered by possible crime. The

PSAR 8(3):329-336 (1921)

Imago: Zeitschrift für die Anwendung der Psychoanalyse auf die Geis-teswissenschaften.

Author: Louise Brink

(Vol. IV, Nos. 2, 3)

Schiller's “Geisterseher.” Parts 1, 2. DR. Hanns Sachs.
The Tragic Hero and the Criminal. A Contribution to the Psychology of the Tragic. By Leo Kaplan. The Consciousness of Guilt and Punishment.—Orestes.—Marmeladow.—Roskolnikow.— Brynhild.—The Scapegoat.
Puberty Rites Among Savages. Some Similarities in the Mental Life of Primitive and Neurotic People. Dr. Theodore Reik. (Continued.)

Schiller's “Geisterseher.”—Sachs submits to anaylsis this unfinished work of Schiller in order to determine various important psychological meanings it has in the poet's creative life. It was a work accepted by all readers but always after its publication spoken of disparagingly by the poet himself. It was broken off abruptly, it stands apart in character from his other work while it marks chronologically a turning point in his literary career. It is a “mongrel” work of especial interest psychologically.
The tale has a vivid charm by which scenes of a long past time still exert their fascination. Its mysteries and intrigues are set in the favorable soil of Venice. The characters have each one a distinct psychological vitality. There is throughout the story a spirit of mystery and terror not dispelled by the clever intellectual exposure of the jugglery with which much of the mystery is carried on. Sachs sees in this story a forerunner of the modern detective story, in which a valuation of intellectual power has superseded the older enjoyment of more feeling life in literature. Yet the “Geisterseher” remains distinct in its exceptionally intricate plot, its originality and its boldness. Chiefly important is the psychological development of the hero.
A German prince sojourning for a time in Venice, a sober retiring character, becomes the object of a conspiracy playing darkly around him, and while he is slowly involved in its toils, he also gradually develops a response to certain possibilities suggested to him, and awakening ambition, to be furthered by possible crime. The