20 Maresfield Gardens : a guide to the Freud Museum / the Freud Museum

Freud Museum (London)

ISBN 10: 1852425369 / ISBN 13: 9781852425364

Published by London : Serpent's Tail, 1998

About this Item

Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 134 pages; ix,134p. : ill., ports. ; 24cm. Fleeing from the Nazis, Freud arrived in London in June 1938. He moved into 20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead, London and lived there with his family until his death in September 1939. All of his life Freud was an avid art-collector. 20 Maresfield Gardens is now a museum which contains his collection, the couch his patients reclined on and many unique documents relating to Sigmund and Anna Freud and the history of psychoanalysis. Written by the curators of the Freud Museum, "20 Maresfield Gardens" is an essential guide to the mind of the founder of psychoanalysis and one of the essential thinkers of the twentieth century. 1 Kg. Bookseller Inventory # 224960

Bibliographic Details

Title: 20 Maresfield Gardens : a guide to the Freud...

Publisher: London : Serpent's Tail

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Paperback

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

Only book about Freud's home which is now a major museum of the history of psychoanalysis. Tie-in with controversial Freud exhibition at National Library in Washington.

About the Author:

Marina Warner is a writer, critic and historian. She is the author of three acclaimed studies of mythology and four novels, including the Booker-shortlisted The Lost Father. She gave the 1994 Reith Lectures on the theme of iconography and mythology, now published as Managing Monsters by Vintage. She broadcasts regularly on radio and television and is a frequent contributor to newspapers.