The letters [of Analyzing Freud] reveal two complicated, appealing, highly intelligent women; give us a sense of Vienna at a time of great political upheaval and danger; and present Freud in close-up, as observed by the awed yet canny H.D…. Susan Stanford Friedman proves herself to be an excellent editor––scrupulous and thorough.

Robert Gottlieb, New York Times Book Review

A landmark book about Sigmund Freud, H.D., modernism, gender, and sexuality.

Analyzing Freud

Literature by Hilda Doolittle (H.D.)

Breezy, informal, irreverent, vibrant in detail, H.D.’s letters to her companion, Bryher, revolve around her 1933-1934 therapy sessions with Sigmund Freud, from which she emerged reborn. “A correspondence that tells us more about Freud as a clinician than any other source” (PsyArt), this volume includes H.D.’s and Bryher’s letters, as well as letters by Freud to H.D. and Bryher, most of them published here for the first time. In addition, the book includes H.D.’s and Bryher’s letters to and from Havelock Ellis, Kenneth MacPherson, Conrad Aiken, Ezra Pound, and Anna Freud, among others. Taken together, the 307 letters in Analyzing Freud, introduced and fully annotated by Susan Stanford Friedman, comprise a fresh, compelling portrait of H.D., and her analyst, Freud.

Paperback(published Jan, 01 2005)

ISBN
9780811216036
Price US
26.95
Trim Size
6x9
Page Count
640

Clothbound(published Jan, 01 2005)

ISBN
9780811214995
Price US
39.95
Trim Size
6x9
Page Count
640
Portrait of Hilda Doolittle (H.D.)

Hilda Doolittle (H.D.)

20th century American poet

The letters [of Analyzing Freud] reveal two complicated, appealing, highly intelligent women; give us a sense of Vienna at a time of great political upheaval and danger; and present Freud in close-up, as observed by the awed yet canny H.D…. Susan Stanford Friedman proves herself to be an excellent editor––scrupulous and thorough.

Robert Gottlieb, New York Times Book Review