Delusion and Dream in Jensen's Gradiva (1907) is an essay by Sigmund Freud that analyzes the novel Gradiva by Jensen from a psychoanalytical point of view. Sigmund Freud (IPA: ), born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (May 6, 1856 – September 23, 1939), was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who co-founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. ... Wilhelm Jensen (15 February 1837 - 24 November 1911) was a German writer. ...

The novel is about a young archaeologist who comes to realize his love for his childhood friend through a long and complex process, mainly associating her with an idealized woman in the form of the gradiva bas-relief. The Gradiva The Gradiva (Latin, The one who walks) is a famous bas-relief of Pompeii. ...

PostStructuralist philosopher Jacques Derrida references Freud's use of Jensen's Gravida in his own book length essay "Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression" (1995).

The Gradiva Awards, given by the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, are named after Freud's essay. The Gradiva Gradiva (Latin, The one who walks) is a bas-relief of a robed woman. ...