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Freud and the Child Woman
The Memoirs of Fritz Wittels
Fritz Wittels (1880-1950) was a pioneering Viennese psychoanalyst, the first biographer of Freud, and friend and rival of Freud and of the great critic of psychoanalysis, the Viennese satirist Karl Kraus. Toward the end of...
Launching Democracy in South Africa
The First Open Election, 1994
South Africa's first-ever democratic electoral contest was one of the most significant global events of the decade. From the ashes of a repressive, segregated, and racist state emerged—miraculously and relatively free of...
Yale French Studies, Number 120
Francophone Sub-Saharan African Literature in Global Contexts
The parameters of Francophone sub-Saharan African literature expanded dramatically during recent years. Twentieth-century African writing was for the most part organized according to the shifting cultural, political, and social...
Imagined Cities
In Imagined Cities, Robert Alter traces the arc of literary development triggered by the runaway growth of urban centers from the early nineteenth century through the first two decades of the twentieth. As new...
The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts
Fifty Years
The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts were begun in 1952 at the National Gallery of Art in order to bring the best in contemporary scholarship to the public. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the acclaimed series,...
Earthly Visions
Theology and the Challenges of Art
This stimulating book argues that great art can function as a "secular parable"—that is, like the parables of Jesus, art can lead viewers to reflect on the reality and presence of God in the world. T. J. Gorringe examines...
My Heart in Company
The Work of J.M. Barrie and the Birth of Peter Pan
The life and work of James Matthew Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, is highlighted in this catalogue published in conjunction with the 2005 exhibition at the Yale University’s Beinecke Library. Original manuscripts,...
Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas
A Guide for the Listener and the Performer
Boris Berman, renowned concert pianist and teacher, is one of the world’s foremost authorities on Sergei Prokofiev. In this book, he draws on his intimate knowledge of Prokofiev’s work to guide music lovers and...
Why Niebuhr Matters
A leading social theorist analyzes how and why Niebuhr's revival has taken place, ultimately arguing for his political and moral relevance today Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) was a Protestant preacher, an...
Stalin and the Bomb
The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-1956
For forty years the Soviet-American nuclear arms race dominated world politics, yet the Soviet nuclear establishment was shrouded in secrecy. Now that the Cold War is over and the Soviet Union has collapsed, it is possible to...