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The Freud Journal
S T A N L E Y A. L E A V Y of
Lou Andreas-Salome
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TRANSLATED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
The Freud Journal
S T A N L E Y A. L E A V Y of
Lou Andreas-Salome
BASIC BOOKS, INC., PUBLISHERS New York
Preface
Acknowledgrnents for assistance in preparing my translation
of "In der Schule bei Freud"(Zurich: Max Niehans Verlag, 1958)
are especially due to three persons: First to the editor of the
German text, Herr Ernst Pfeiffer of Gottingen, whose reading
has been used as it was originally published by him and whose
explanatory notes I have freely consulted. Second, I wish to ex
press my thanks to Mrs. Eva Kessler of New Haven, who has
very carefully read the text and in innumerable places has sug
gested a more graceful or more faithful translation. Third, I am
indebted to Prof. Rudolph Binion of Columbia University, who
in many letters and conversations has shared with me his knowl
edge of the life, work, and character of Lou Andreas-Salome.
I have found Dr. H. F. Peters' recent biography, "My Sister,
My Spouse" (New York: W. W. Norton, 1962), very helpful;
it also contains an excellent bibliography of the writings of Lou
Andreas-Salome. Miss Anna Freud kindly related to me some of
her personal recollections of her and her father's friend. Mrs.
Lottie M. Newman and Dr. Hans W. Loewald have made valu
able suggestions. I am grateful to Prof. Albert Ehrenzweig of the
University of California, Berkeley, for his translation of the poem
"Narziss" by Rainer M. Rilke.
Mrs. Grete Heinemann expertly prepared the final manu
script. To my wife I am obligated for her interest and her patience
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in the long presence of this invisible but formidable guest.
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Manufactured in the United States of America New Haven-Chilmark STANLEY A. LEAVY
Designed by Jacqueline Schuman July 1964
Preface
Acknowledgrnents for assistance in preparing my translation
of "In der Schule bei Freud"(Zurich: Max Niehans Verlag, 1958)
are especially due to three persons: First to the editor of the
German text, Herr Ernst Pfeiffer of Gottingen, whose reading
has been used as it was originally published by him and whose
explanatory notes I have freely consulted. Second, I wish to ex
press my thanks to Mrs. Eva Kessler of New Haven, who has
very carefully read the text and in innumerable places has sug
gested a more graceful or more faithful translation. Third, I am
indebted to Prof. Rudolph Binion of Columbia University, who
in many letters and conversations has shared with me his knowl
edge of the life, work, and character of Lou Andreas-Salome.
I have found Dr. H. F. Peters' recent biography, "My Sister,
My Spouse" (New York: W. W. Norton, 1962), very helpful;
it also contains an excellent bibliography of the writings of Lou
Andreas-Salome. Miss Anna Freud kindly related to me some of
her personal recollections of her and her father's friend. Mrs.
Lottie M. Newman and Dr. Hans W. Loewald have made valu
able suggestions. I am grateful to Prof. Albert Ehrenzweig of the
University of California, Berkeley, for his translation of the poem
"Narziss" by Rainer M. Rilke.
Mrs. Grete Heinemann expertly prepared the final manu
script. To my wife I am obligated for her interest and her patience
Copyright© 1964 by Basic Books, Inc.
in the long presence of this invisible but formidable guest.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 64-23130
Manufactured in the United States of America New Haven-Chilmark STANLEY A. LEAVY
Designed by Jacqueline Schuman July 1964
Contents
Preface v
Introduction STANLEY A. LEAVY 1
I. In Freud's School 29
II. Journeys and Meetings 133
Notes 194
Index
207
Contents
Preface v
Introduction STANLEY A. LEAVY 1
I. In Freud's School 29
II. Journeys and Meetings 133
Notes 194
Index
207
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Introduction
Lou Andreas-Salome will probably always be remembered
best for her friendships, notably for those with Nietzsche, Rilke,
and Freud. The sheer weight of the names ensures her vicarious
immortality; who else could have been even slightly acquainted
with all three? The apposition of the philosopher, the poet, and
the psychoanalyst in the life and memories of one woman sug
gests her uniqueness of character. Hers was no borrowed luster.
There existed such interaction between the woman and each of
the three men that her spirit may be found to have insinuated it
self into the writings of all of them. Hence we turn with interest
to the first of her journals to be published and look in it for the
fresh record of great meetings.
Even the most intimate of private journals seems to presup
pose the eventual attention of a second reader. This one has
about it the note of address to an audience which implies that it
was designed for publication, at least in part, and we must as
sume that the author's critical eye attended it. It was kept in a
little red loose-leaf notebook which escaped the Nazis, who
after her death in 1937 presumed to purge her library. For the
most part it is a record of her studies with Freud and his pupils,
but the remarkable fact of the record is that the student ap
proached her teacher as a respectful equal, never doubting that
the experiences of her own life could serve as criteria for the
validity of the findings of the great discoverer.
Introduction
Lou Andreas-Salome will probably always be remembered
best for her friendships, notably for those with Nietzsche, Rilke,
and Freud. The sheer weight of the names ensures her vicarious
immortality; who else could have been even slightly acquainted
with all three? The apposition of the philosopher, the poet, and
the psychoanalyst in the life and memories of one woman sug
gests her uniqueness of character. Hers was no borrowed luster.
There existed such interaction between the woman and each of
the three men that her spirit may be found to have insinuated it
self into the writings of all of them. Hence we turn with interest
to the first of her journals to be published and look in it for the
fresh record of great meetings.
Even the most intimate of private journals seems to presup
pose the eventual attention of a second reader. This one has
about it the note of address to an audience which implies that it
was designed for publication, at least in part, and we must as
sume that the author's critical eye attended it. It was kept in a
little red loose-leaf notebook which escaped the Nazis, who
after her death in 1937 presumed to purge her library. For the
most part it is a record of her studies with Freud and his pupils,
but the remarkable fact of the record is that the student ap
proached her teacher as a respectful equal, never doubting that
the experiences of her own life could serve as criteria for the
validity of the findings of the great discoverer.
