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Superior Powers: The Red Umbrella/In the Gothic House
Superior Powers The Red Umbrella/In the Gothic House Author:Wilhelm Jensen The two novellas by Wilhelm Jensen (1837-1911), ?The Red Umbrella? (?Der rote Schirm?) and ?In the Gothic House? (?Im gotischen Hause?) were originally published by Verlag Emil Felber, Berlin in 1892 under the title ÜBERMÄCHTE [SUPERIOR POWERS]. They have not been reprinted since, nor have they to the best of my knowledge ever been translated i... more »nto English. They play a role in the history of psycho-analysis, because Sigmund Freud refers to them in a letter to Wilhelm Jensen on December 16, 1907 concerning the latter?s novella GRADIVA, which Freud had analysed at length: ?. . . a knowledgeable friend has drawn my attention to two other novellas of yours, which you have combined under one title as ?Übermächte? [?Superior Powers?]. Of these the first - Der rote Schirm ? [The Red Umbrella] shows remarkably many traits which also belong to the Gradiva; the other ? Im gotischen Hause ? [In the Gothic House] appears to be related to the Gradiva via mediation of the first.? The full text of Freud?s letter and Jensen?s reply are found in the Appendix. - Unless otherwise stated, the translations are by me. I have included the original German poems to allow readers a comparison. Hartmut Heyck, translator, Great-grandson of Wilhelm Jensen« less