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On the psychology of the uncanny (1906)

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ID3774553
AuthorsErnst Jentsch
Year1997
Volume2
Issue1
Pages7-16
Publication date1997-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAngelaki (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0969-725X • E-ISSN: 1469-2899
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09697259708571910
OpenAlexW2046363943
LanguageEN
Citations received63

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes "Zur Psychologie des Unheimlichen" was published in the Psychiatrisch‐Neurotogische Wochenschrift 8.22–23 (1906) p195–98, 203–05. (The bibliographical references in the Freud editions, incidentally, do not make it clear that Jentsch's essay is spread over two separate issues of the weekly.) As far as we can tell, the essay has never been reprinted

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Citations per year3,32
Citation span2007 - 2026 (20)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 63

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