Gradiva by Wilhelm Hermann Jensen
A Pompeiian Fancy
A young archaeologist becomes fixated on a bas‑relief of a woman frozen in mid‑step, and her image invades his waking thoughts and dreams; driven by obsession he follows traces of the figure to Pompeii, where the boundary between fantasy and reality blurs as he encounters a living woman resembling the relief, and through their encounters his fantasies are confronted and transformed into a human relationship that both challenges and heals his neurosis.
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- Published
- 1903
- Nationality
- German
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 80-120
- Original Language
- German
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- Alternate Titles
- - Gradiva: A Pompeiian Fancy
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