Histeria

Graphic Freud

by Richard Appignanesi, Oscar Zárate (Illustrator), Cristina Bracho Carrillo (Translator)

Histeria explora los inicios de la carrera profesional de Sigmund Freud, desde sus incursiones en el campo de la investigación neurológica hasta que se instaló en Viena para ejercer como terapeuta. Richard Appignanesi y Oscar Zárate profundizan en las primeras experiencias clínicas del psicoanalista, en sus estudios junto a Charcot en La Salpêtrière y en su interés hacia el trabajo de su amigo y compañero Joseph Breuer para presentarnos a los personajes y las historias que promovieron el nacimiento de una nueva y revolucionaria terapia clínica.

Basándose en los casos clínicos de “Anna O.”, Fräulein Elisabeth von R. y otras mujeres, Histeria refleja cómo Freud y sus contemporáneos desarrollaron unas ideas que transformarían para siempre el panorama intelectual de Occidente. Esta magistral guía visual, con prólogo de Deborah Levy, aproximará al lector a los extraños y fascinantes personajes que abundan en Estudios sobre la histeria, el texto fundador del psicoanálisis escrito por Freud y Breuer.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, Biography, History, Comics, Psychoanalysis, Sequential Art

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 13, 2015

About the author

Richard Appignanesi is a published adapter and an author of young adult books. Published credits of Richard Appignanesi include Manga Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (Manga Shakespeare), Manga Shakespeare: Macbeth (Manga Shakespeare), Manga Shakespeare: Hamlet (Manga Shakespeare), and Manga Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (Manga Shakespeare).

Reviews

[Pardis Ahmadi · Rating 3 out of 5]

i liked this one waaay better than the previous volume, but i still dislike Freud in so many levels.
won't be reading his stuff for a loooooong time.

[Yurena · Rating 3 out of 5]

La parte en que cuenta la historia del psicoanálisis, muy bien. Pero se les va la mano con la defensa del psicoanálisis y, sobre todo, de la histeria como base de otros trastornos.

[Liz · Rating 2 out of 5]

I would have liked more firm facts mixed in with the flashback aspect.

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[M. Brianna Stallings · Rating 1 out of 5]

On board until the swift, forced ending which read like a hastily applied Deus ex Machina. The book was going strong then simply shat the bed in the last 12 pages. Disappointed would be an understatement.

[Libre Livre · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enchanting sketches, with editorial-style, retrospective narration, yet this graphic doesn't come together as more than a retelling of Sigmund Freud's apprenticeship-to-veteran years. Wished for more of an arc-- more of a story and less of a medical/history lesson, with a closer examination at who Freud was, rather than what. The last ten pages fell apart, visually and narratively. The early "nazi-madness" thread is entirely lost, as is the story of Freud's own health. Sadder still, the overall treatment of female personages was gauche, even in the name of historical accuracy (a clear exception was the case of 'the case of fräulein Elizabeth Von R.). In the end, the moral of this graphic story comments on the new lost (à la 'people/patients/psychoanalysis these days') and never sharpens its focus on the wrongful abuses of women in the name of medical research. A feminist (hear: humanist) writer's touch was notably absent.

[Ellen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I feel sad giving this a two star review because I really enjoyed most of the novel. The art work was intense and interesting the little snippets of frwuds life and patients was also interesting. However the end of the novel ruined it for me the negative message it sent about people who use medication and the idea that medication has no part in supporting mental illness. Yes for some people it may not but for some it definetly does have its uses and minimizing that is not something i support. If that last section was removed i would of rated this much higher.

[Lou · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the graphic novelization of Freud's early work on hysteria, but in reality - this was too (pun aside) sketchy, partly on account of a rather condensed view of early psychoanalytic theory. The artwork was interesting when it wasn't duping old masters and the framing story of Freud looking back on his work with Charcot in Paris and partnering with Breuer in Vienna was a bit stale at times. This made me want to go back and read Freud's case histories of Anna O. and a few others. Not really a success or dumbed down, this was meh.

[Josh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well done. Emphasizes his altruistic contributions to psychology and psychoanalysis and downplays the maybe weirder stuff that comes to mind when we think of the concept of "Freudian."

I love the case studies. Couldn't put it down.

Recommended for anyone thinking about experimenting with cocaine . . .

[Jessica Stokes · Rating 3 out of 5]

The pictures are a bit inconsistent, but that also makes them charming. The story is a little dry, but it’s a very clinical look at hysteria, with most scenes being short like clips of important memory. It’s a short read and still interesting, so I still recommend.

[Eskil · Rating 4 out of 5]

Freud: please sir may i study medicine under you
Legen: the testes of the conger eel have eluded me for the last time! Sigmund! Spend six months looking for them!

Det er ikke rart at Freud ble litt rar i hodet!

[Venkatesh Govindaiah · Rating 5 out of 5]

simple and engaging. Hard to put it down. took me back to my childhood and addiction to picture book and cartoons. Nice

simple and engaging. Hard to put it down. took me back to my childhood and addiction to picture book and cartoons. Nice

[StrictlySequential · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don't turn down this combo- both writer and artist are great on their own but together magnificent! The framing device/sequences bothered a star off- nothing else.

[Maya · Rating 2 out of 5]

Une collection décousue de cas cliniques étudiés par Freud. Dessins intéressants, textes et histoire insipides.

[Sara Ghotb · Rating 2 out of 5]

Although I have always admired Freud and his brutal ideas on psychoanalysis, this graphic novel about his frustrations and early work on hysteria was just so boring. The art was too sketchy, the story line too vague, and I couldn't get involved in the story.

[Daniel · Rating 2 out of 5]

A well drawn graphic novel regarding the early career of Freud as physician. There are powerful themes is this graphic novel. Antisemitism is explored as certain career paths were less available to Freud due to this prejudice. Freud's flirtation with cocaine as miracle drug then as an addictive scourge ultimately dove tailed into the dominant theme of the book, that psychoanalysis to uncover the root cause of pathology is preferred to the "quick fix" of drug therapy. This was a bold editorializing by an author with a PH.D. In art history, not medicine or psychology. The medical editorializing detracted from the quality of the presentation.

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

A dry and occasionally muddled overview of some interesting subject matter. It's the sort of graphic novel that makes me wish I was taking the time to actually read a good book or text on the same subject.

[Marianne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bd très instructive sur les débuts de Freud et son approche de l’hystérie ! J’y ai appris qu’il avait été à l’origine de la popularisation de la cocaïne (!) et qu’il était venu à Paris à la Salpetriere pour assister Charcot. Passionnant !

[Alessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'd probably give this closer to 4.5 stars. I always enjoy learning more about Freud and hysteria. Such an interesting topic.

[Acacia Irving · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a 3.5. I think I did like it but it took a bit for me to get into it

[Carol Tilley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probably closer to a 4, but I found my reading interrupted at times and having to make connections in the text that should have been more explicit / seamless.

[Liz Yerby · Rating 3 out of 5]

The arts nice though

[Claire · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of cool but ultimately I didn't walk away completely understanding the link between the individual cases and Freud's conclusions

[Andrea Trenary · Rating 1 out of 5]

Big miss for me, didn't enjoy this one at all, found it to be very confusing in places. No thanks.

[Kash · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting to read about. Lovely, unique illustration style - the grayscale tones worked well with the dark subject matter.
Loved the returning use of the hat for Sigmund as a reminder of his past and as motivation to work towards the future.

2.5/5

[Luis Ordóñez]

Muy bueno, sobre todo el final, que sobrevive a una extraña aparición