Frigidity in Woman in Relation to Her Love Life - Volume I

This scarce antiquarian book contains the first of two volumes of Wilhelm Stekel’s Frigidity in Woman in Relation to Her Love Life. An authority on sexuality in psychoanalysis, Stekel’s treatise on the subject of female frigidity draws from a wealth of clinical experiences and includes highly interesting and enlightening accounts from his prolific experience in the field. This text is easily accessible and retains much of its educational value to this day, making it a must-read for anybody interested in the subject. Contained herein are chapters including: The Struggle of the Sexes, Confessions, Psychoanalysis of a Case of Dyspareunia, The Analysis of a Messalina, Fragmentary Analysis of a Transvestite, and Retrospect and Survey. Wilhelm Stekel was a seminal Austrian psychologist most famous for being one of Freud’s earliest and most precocious students. Elected for republication because of its immense educational value, this rare text is republished now with a new introductory biography of the author.