Wit and its relation to the unconscious

The book includes the classic work of the Austrian doctor and philosopher, the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud's "Wit and its relation to the unconscious" (1905), which develops and complements the ideas and observations expressed earlier in the treatise "the Interpretation of dreams and Psychopathology of everyday life", as well as an interesting article is "Humor". In the interpretation of Freud's wit and artistic creativity appear as free play of mental forces, in which similarities with the activity of dreams. The author analyzes the psychological mechanisms of jokes and offers their original classification, involving consideration of a wide range of literary texts.