Anna Freud: A Biography

Anna Freud: A Biography by Young-Bruehl, Elisabeth. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780393311570.

ppThis edition of Elisabeth Young-Bruehls definitive biography of pioneering child analyst Anna Freud includes#151;among other new features#151;a major retrospective introduction by the author.p#160;pPraise for the Second Edition#58; p#147;Young-Bruehl#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.#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.#160; It is a beautifully written insightful and remarkably edifying piece of work.#160; The best has just got better.#8221;-- Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College Londonp#160;pPraise for the First Edition#58;p#147;A gem of biographical writing. . . .#8221;#151;Ron Grossman, IChicago Tribune/Ip#160;p#147;Lucid, erudite, briskly authoritative, Elisabeth Young-Bruehl . . . has given us the insight into character that makes biography an art.#8221;#151;James Atlasp#160;pElisabeth Young-Bruehl is a faculty member at the Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research and a practicing psychoanalyst in Manhattan.#160; She lives in New York and Toronto.p#160;p#160;pp