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CONTENTS

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I. THE SCIENTIFIC AND POPULAR VIEWS OF
DREAMS CONTRASTED 1

II. DREAMS HAVE A MEANING—ANALYSIS OF A
DREAM—MANIFEST AND LATENT CONTENT
OF DREAMS 6

III. THE DREAM AS REALISATION OF UNFULFILLED
DESIRES—INFANTILE TYPE OF DREAMS 21

IV. THE DREAM-MECHANISM—CONDENSATION—
DRAMATISATION 33

V. THE DREAM-MECHANISM CONTINUED—DIS-
PLACEMENT—TRANSVALUATION OF ALL
PSYCHICAL VALUES 45

VI. THE DREAM-MECHANISM CONTINUED—THE
EGO IN THE DREAM 54

VII. THE DREAM-MECHANISM CONTINUED—REGARD
FOR INTELLIGIBILITY 68

VIII. RELATION OF DREAMS TO OTHER UNCONSCIOUS
MENTAL PROCESSES—REPRESSION 78

IX. THREE CLASSES OF DREAMS 84

X. WHY THE DREAM DISGUISES THE DESIRES—
THE CENSORSHIP 88

XI. THE DREAM THE GUARDIAN OF SLEEP 92

XII. DREAM SYMBOLISM—MYTHS AND FOLKLORE 100

XIII. ELEMENTS COMMON TO NORMAL AND AB-
NORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 107