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Aug 29, 2017 · In a letter written in 1927, the French writer Romain Rolland asked Sigmund Freud to analyse the ‘oceanic feeling,’ a religious feeling of oneness with the entire universe. I will argue that Rolland’s intentions in introducing the oceanic feeling to Freud were much more complex, multifaceted, and critical than most scholars have acknowledged.
Romain Rolland (1866-1944) was a French writer, playwright, and art historian. He is best known for his biography of the German composer, Beethoven, and for his novel, "Jean-Christophe," a series of ten novels published between 1904 and 1912. Rolland was born in Clamecy, France.
Romain Rolland (29 January 1866 – 30 December 1944) was a French writer, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915.
