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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460568203321

Autore

Bion Wilfred R.

Titolo

War Memoirs 1917-1919 / / Wilfred R. Bion ; edited by Francesca Bion ; introduction by Chris Mawson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2018

ISBN

0-429-90953-5

0-429-48476-3

1-78241-472-X

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

940.4/8141

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918

World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - France

Soldiers - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This second edition published in 2015 by Karnac Books"--title page verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; DIARY; France, June 26, 1917, to January 10, 1919; 1917; 1918; COMMENTARY; 1972; AMIENS; Prelude; Fugue; AFTERMATH; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Bion's War Memoirs is perhaps the most exceptional piece of autobiography yet written by a psychoanalyst. The first section of the book is documentary, consisting of the entire text of the diaries which Bion wrote as a young man to record his experiences on the Western Front in 1917-1919, and this volume also includes the photographs and diagrams with which he illustrated his recollections. The diaries are followed by two later essays, in which he reflects upon his wartime experiences. Wilfred Bion has long been renowned as one of the great psychoanalysts, his career spanning much of the twent