Historical dream account · German · original text

Historical dream record 1931-08-18

Arthur Schnitzler

Arthur Schnitzler: Tagebuch 1879–1931 — digital edition (2021) · Dated diary entry 1931-08-18; text body

Der Traum von heut Nacht; u. a. ich, mit Heini und Schinnerer in Regen, Triest ― (Kleider gestohlen) ― von See zu See laufend.― Endlich ein Ort und See „In der Praegnanz“ ― Vorhang verhängt das Bad. Dämmerung.― Ich stürze mich ins Wasser; Schwimmen etc.― Ein schönes Wesen, (die junge Dame, die sich mir gestern vorgestellt als absolvirte Akademieschülerin, Verehrerin, Handelsangestellte, und deren Lieblingsrolle die Helene in Medardus wäre) ― ich schwimme zu ihr; Zärtlichkeiten mit stark erotischer Betonung.―

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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 1931-08-18. 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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  • Sexual allusion

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