The concept of -screen memories- was introduced by Freud for the first time in his 1899 paper, reprinted here in its entirety. Although the clinical interest in -screen memories- has perhaps diminished in recent analytic discussion, there is much to be gained from revisiting and re-examining both the phenomenon and Freud's original paper within a contemporary context. To this end, Gail S. Reed and Howard B. Levine have invited contributions from eight leading psychoanalysts on the current meaning and value to them of the screen memory concept.

These comments come from contemporary...