Fritz Wittels
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Fritz Wittels (November 14, 1880, Vienna
- October 16, 1950, New York
was an Austrian-American psychoanalyst.
Wittels was the friend and biographer of Sigmund Freud
, and the first psychoanalyst of E. E. Cummings
.
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
- October 16, 1950, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
was an Austrian-American psychoanalyst.
Wittels was the friend and biographer of Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...
, and the first psychoanalyst of E. E. Cummings
E. E. Cummings
Edward Estlin Cummings , popularly known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e.e. cummings , was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright...
.
Works
- Sigmund Freud; der Mann, die Lehre, die Schule. Leipzig: Tal, 1924. Translated by CedarCedar PaulCedar Paul, née Gertrude Mary Davenport was a singer, author, translator and journalist.-Biography:Gertrude Davenport came from a musical family: she was the grand-daughter of the composer George Alexander Macfarren and the daughter of the composer Francis William Davenport...
and Eden PaulEden PaulMaurice Eden Paul, most commonly known simply as Eden Paul was a socialist physician, writer and translator.-Biography:...
as Sigmund Freud, his personality, his teaching, & his school, London: G. Allen & Unwin, [1924]. - Die vernichtung der not. Translated by Cedar and Eden Paul as An end to poverty, London: G. Allen & Unwin, 1925.
- Critique of love. New York: The Macaulay Company, 1929.
- Die Befreiung des Kindes, 1927. Translated by Cedar and Eden Paul as Set the Children Free!, London: G. Allen & Unwin, Ltd., [1932].
- Translated by Louise Brink as Freud and his time: the influence of the master psychologist on the emotional problems in our lives, New York: Liveright, 1931.
- (ed. by Edward Timms) Freud and the child woman: the memoirs of Fritz Wittels, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995