Historical dream account · German · original text

Historical dream record 1924-04-10

Arthur Schnitzler

Arthur Schnitzler: Tagebuch 1879–1931 — digital edition (2021) · Dated diary entry 1924-04-10; text body

Träume, daß ich über breite Stufen von höher gelegenem Stadttheil, unter drohendem Gewitter zu dem am Meer gelegenen Quai eile, mit Regenschirm, das aufgeregte Meer wogt über den Quai; ein Schiffsunglück, unklar, zwei Menschen, die ich eigentlich nicht sehe, dem Ertrinken nahe;― ich fühle es als unlauter, dies als Schauspiel zu betrachten, höre (unkörperlich) wie einer zum andern (der ihn oder den er retten wollte), vor endgiltig-freiwilligem Sturz ins Meer, zuruft: „Los zum Tod.“

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An original German dream account recorded in Arthur Schnitzler’s diary. This exact continuous excerpt is preserved without translation or reconstruction. Its date is the diary entry date, not independent verification of the dream’s events.

Arthur Schnitzler: Tagebuch1879–1931. Digital edition, Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities / Austrian Academy of Sciences (2021), diary entry 1924-04-10. Exact excerpt from pinned TEI XML; repository blanket CC BY-SA4.0 retained.

Digital edition credits: Martin Anton Müller; Werner Welzig; Peter Michael Braunwarth; Susanne Pertlik; Reinhard Urbach; Konstanze Fliedl; Richard Miklin; Maria Neyses; Walter Ruprechter. Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Based on the print edition (Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1981–2000).

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Content notes
  • Drowning
  • Self harm allusion

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