Freud: A Life for Our Time

by Peter Gay

Overview

A national bestseller

"A magisterial contribution to the history of ideas. A fresh, illuminating perspective on one of the pivotal figures of our time." —J. Anthony Lukas

"[This] remarkable biography… briskly traces the story of Freud's life and education, deftly weaving the familiar narrative with a style that makes it seem fresh and lively." —Chicago Tribune

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393328615
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	05/17/2006
Pages:	866
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.50(d)
Lexile:	1230L (what's this?)

About the Author

Peter Gay (1923—2015) was the author of more than twenty-five books, including the National Book Award winner The Enlightenment, the best-selling Weimar Culture, and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time.

What People are Saying About This

J. Anthony Lukas

A magisterial contribution to the history of ideas.

Editorial Reviews

"Intelligent and wholly absorbing.… Judicious, original biography, scrupulously grounded in close readings of [Freud's] work."

New York Times - Michiko Kakutani

"Elegant… puts Freud's life into the context of his time while attempting to explain him for readers who cannot escape his shadow. In Gay's hands, the Olympian figure is almost within mortal reach."

Raleigh News and Observer - Michael Skube

"Brilliant.… A dazzling performance.… Gay's ability to integrate into a coherent whole the vast published and unpublished literature on Freud including hundreds of previously unknown or inaccessible letters is awesome.… A work of art."

San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle - Jonathan Sharp

Brilliant.... A dazzling performance.... Gay's ability to integrate into a coherent whole the vast published and unpublished literature on Freud including hundreds of previously unknown or inaccessible letters is awesome.... A work of art.--Jonathan Sharp "San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle"

Elegant... puts Freud's life into the context of his time while attempting to explain him for readers who cannot escape his shadow. In Gay's hands, the Olympian figure is almost within mortal reach.--Michael Skube "Raleigh News and Observer"

Intelligent and wholly absorbing.... Judicious, original biography, scrupulously grounded in close readings of [Freud's] work.--Michiko Kakutani "New York Times"

From the Publisher

[A] remarkable biography . . . briskly traces the story of Freud's life and education, deftly weaving the familiar narrative with a style that makes it seem fresh and lively.

Chicago Tribune

Brilliant... a dazzling performance... Gay's ability to integrate into a coherent whole the vast published and unpublished literature on Freud - including hundreds of previously unknown or inaccessible letters - is awesome... a work of art.
— San Francisco Examiner Chronicle

Jonathan Sharp

Peter Gay's elegant new biography puts Freud's life into the context of his time while attempting to explain him for readers who cannot escape his shadow. In Gay's hands, the Olympian figure is almost within mortal reach.
— Raleigh News and Observer

Michael Skube