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Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Fiction Books
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Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
The Last Days of Pompeii
"The Last Days of Pompeii" by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton is a novel written in 1834. Set in first-century Pompeii, it follows Athenian nobleman Glaucus and his love for the beautiful Ione, threatened by the malevolent Egyptian sorcerer Arbaces. As Arbaces schemes to destroy their happiness through murder and deception, Mount Vesuvius rumbles ominously above. The story weaves together romance, betrayal, and religious conflict, building toward the catastrophic eruption that will consume the city in AD 79.
Sigmund Freud
Delusion and Dream : an Interpretation in the Light of Psychoanalysis of Gradiva
"Delusion and Dream: an Interpretation in the Light of Psychoanalysis of…" by Sigmund Freud is an essay written in 1907 that applies psychoanalysis to Wilhelm Jensen's novel Gradiva. Freud examines how a young archaeologist, Norbert Hanold, unconsciously transforms his repressed childhood love into an obsession with a woman depicted in an ancient Roman bas-relief. Through delusion and dreams set in Pompeii, Hanold eventually confronts reality when his forgotten sweetheart cleverly guides him back to sanity, demonstrating what Freud called "cure by love."
Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
Pompeijin viimeiset päivät
"Pompeijin viimeiset päivät" by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton is a novel written in 1834. Set in Pompeii in AD 79, the story follows Athenian nobleman Glaucus and his love for the beautiful Ione. Their happiness is threatened by Arbaces, a malevolent Egyptian sorcerer who schemes to destroy them. As murder, betrayal, and false accusations unfold, Mount Vesuvius rumbles ominously above the city, building toward its catastrophic eruption that will seal Pompeii's fate forever.
Wilhelm Jensen
Gradiva: Ein pompejanisches Phantasiestück
"Gradiva: Ein pompejanisches Phantasiestück" by Wilhelm Jensen is a novella published in 1903. A young archaeologist becomes fascinated by an ancient relief depicting a gracefully walking woman, whom he names Gradiva. Later, in a dreamlike state, he encounters her among the ruins of Pompeii. Sigmund Freud's 1907 analysis of the protagonist's behavior and dreams rescued the work from obscurity and transformed Gradiva into a modern mythological figure who inspired surrealist artists and continues to captivate imaginations.
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