Jung (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Deirdre Bair
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1875-1961
- Setting: Switzerland
- Principal Characters: Carl Gustav Jung, Paul Jung, Emilie Jung-Preiswerk, Emma Jung-Rauschenbach, Eugen Bleuler, Toni Wolff, Marie-Louise von Franz, Sigmund Freud
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Psychology or psychologists, Nineteenth century, World War II, Nazism or Nazis, Psychoanalysis or psychoanalysts, Switzerland or Swiss people, Paganism, Psychotherapy or psychotherapists
- Locales: Switzerland
Carl Jung’s memoirs, Erinnerungen, Träume, Gedanken (1962; Memories, Dreams, Reflections, 1963), became the most popular work by the Swiss psychologist and one of the most widely read autobiographies of the twentieth century. Many psychologists have traced their interest in the field to this book. However, it was almost withheld from readers when Jung died, shortly after he had approved the English translation, and his secretary, Aniela Jaffé, became the book’s legal author, while a son-in-law became his literary executor. The Swiss reverence for privacy and decorum...
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