THE LETTERS OF SIGMUND FREUD AND ARNOLD ZWEIG Hardcover - 1970

1970. Hardcover. First edition thus. Original dark green boards with light green dust jacket. 8vo. Ix, 190 pages; 22 cm. Translated from German. A series of edited letters between Sigmund Freud and Arnold Zweig. Sigmund Freud was "an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst" (Wikipedia, 2016) . Arnold Zweig was "a German writer and anti-war and antifascist activist" who "is best known for his six-part cycle on World War I" (Wikipedia, 2016) . Includes black-and-white photographs of Freud and Zweig. "And at the same time you have afforded me help of a scientific nature which acted like a flash of lightning for me when I was describing a case of amentia: the hero of my next novel, whose psychical transformations I have had clear in my mind for a year now, goes through a state of mind which I have experienced completely myself, and which you have helped me to understand scientifically. So thank you for everything and may you have lovely bright days in January, such as we are enjoying here in December. " Includes slip of paper in the back that authenticates this as an advanced copy. No. 84 in the International Psycho-Analytical Library. SUBJECT(S) : Psychoanalysts, Correspondence, German Novelists. Minor edgewear to dust jacket. Minimal markings. Very good condition. (GER-51-12).