Freud's & Lacan's comments on Franz Wedekind's play 'Spring Awakening'

[Julia Evans]

Hello,

Franz Wedekind's play 'Spring Awakening' was published at his own expense in 1891. 

Information about the play and the various commentaries is given below:

1)  Comments on the play ‘Spring Awakening’ by Franz Wedekind published at www.lacanianworks.net and also available at http://www.lacanianworks.net/?p=92 includes:

a)  Access to an English translation of the play.

b) Footnote 1 of the minutes of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society on February 13 1907, which describe the play's actions.

c) Dr Reitler's introduction to the discussion of the play

2)  Freud’s comments on Wedekind’s ‘Spring Awakening’ 1907 published at www.lacanianworks.net includes Freud's comments on 'Spring Awakening' at the Scientific Meeting on Wednesday February 13, 1907.  This is also available at  http://www.lacanianworks.net/?p=95

3)Spring Awakening: September 1st 1974 by Jacques Lacan published at www.lacanianworks.net gives details of the context in which Lacan wrote this and access to an English translation of this text.  This is also available at  http://www.lacanianworks.net/?p=77

4)  'Spring Awakening' is given as a reference by Éric Laurent’s in: ‘The Symbolic Order in the XXI Century: Consequences for the Treatment’. This text, presented in July 2010, leads to the  VIII Congress of the World Association of Psychoanalysis: (WAP Congress) : “The Symbolic Order in the 21^st Century”  in April 2012 and is available here.  http://www.congresoamp.com/en/template.php?file=Comite-de-accion-Papers.html 

Julia Evans

Lacanian Psychoanalyst

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