Synopses & Reviews
This edition of Elisabeth Young-Bruehl's definitive biography of pioneering child analyst Anna Freud includesand#151;among other new featuresand#151;a major retrospective introduction by the author.
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Praise for the Second Edition:
and#147;Young-Bruehland#8217;s description of one of the most complex but brilliant lights in psychoanalytic history has stood as a beacon to students of psychoanalytic history.and#160; It is the best most carefully crafted biography of any psychoanalyst and it illuminates the entire tradition with a clarity that only the exploration of the life of the daughter of the founder of the movement could possibly provide.and#160; It is a beautifully written insightful and remarkably edifying piece of work.and#160; The best has just got better.and#8221;-- Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London
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Praise for the First Edition:
and#147;A gem of biographical writing. . . .and#8221;and#151;Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune
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and#147;Lucid, erudite, briskly authoritative, Elisabeth Young-Bruehl . . . has given us the insight into character that makes biography an art.and#8221;and#151;James Atlas
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Elisabeth Young-Bruehl is a faculty member at the Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research and a practicing psychoanalyst in Manhattan.and#160; She lives in New York and Toronto.
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Review
and#8220;Young-Bruehland#8217;s description of one of the most complex but brilliant lights in psychoanalytic history has stood as a beacon to students of psychoanalytic history.andnbsp;It is the best most carefully crafted biography of any psychoanalyst and it illuminates the entire tradition with a clarity that only the exploration of the life of the daughter of the founder of the movement could possibly provide.andnbsp;It is a beautifully written insightful and remarkably edifying piece of work.andnbsp;The best has just got better.and#8221;and#8212;Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London
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"This book is still . . . the gold standard of biographies of thinkers in the psychoanalytic tradition and thus continues to merit a place among the best. . . . Libraries . . . will want this volume . . . required reading for those interested in . . . psychological thought and practices . . ."and#8212; Choice
Synopsis
This edition of Elisabeth Young-Bruehl's definitive biography of pioneering child analyst Anna Freud includes—among other new features—a major retrospective introduction by the author.
Praise for the Second Edition:
“Young-Bruehl’s description of one of the most complex but brilliant lights in psychoanalytic history has stood as a beacon to students of psychoanalytic history. It is the best most carefully crafted biography of any psychoanalyst and it illuminates the entire tradition with a clarity that only the exploration of the life of the daughter of the founder of the movement could possibly provide. It is a beautifully written insightful and remarkably edifying piece of work. The best has just got better.”-- Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London
Praise for the First Edition:
“A gem of biographical writing. . . .”—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune
“Lucid, erudite, briskly authoritative, Elisabeth Young-Bruehl . . . has given us the insight into character that makes biography an art.”—James Atlas
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl is a faculty member at the Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research and a practicing psychoanalyst in Manhattan. She lives in New York and Toronto.
About the Author
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl is a faculty member at the Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research and a practicing psychoanalyst in Manhattan.and#160; She lives in New York and Toronto.