Freud the man : an intellectual biography / Lydia Felm ; translated by Susan Fairfield.
Freud the man : an intellectual biography / Lydia Felm ; translated by Susan Fairfield.
Freud the man : an intellectual biography / Lydia Felm ; translated by Susan Fairfield.
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New York : Other Press, 2003.
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Date
2003.
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N150.1952/95
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English
French
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p. cm.
Contents
Creation day by day -- Through the train window -- The archeologist -- The conquistador : Athens, Rome, Jerusalem -- The man without a country -- The man of the book -- In the witch's kitchen -- The shade of the poet -- The metaphor man -- The friend.
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New York : Other Press, 2003.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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"The world knows Freud as a thinker, one of the founding giants of modern culture. Now Lydia Flem paints a portrait of Freud the man: a father, husband and friend, a secular Jew with passion for classical antiquity and European culture, torn between his need to be fully accepted in an antisemitic society and remaining faithful to his origins.".
"Flem draws on an unusually broad range of sources, but she wears her learning lightly: her biography of Freud reads like a novel, full of vivid details and captivating human interest. From the 6-year-old gleefully tearing up a book illustrated with pictures of Persia; to the young doctor balancing his scientific training with his love of Shakespea...
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Freud the man : an intellectual biography / Lydia Felm ; translated by Susan Fairfield.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N150.1952/95
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74VK2xEL0A43
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ISBN
1590510372 (alk. paper)
9781590510377 (alk. paper)
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150.1952092
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991018181709702626
