Paul Keegan Books

In reasoned progression he outlined core psychoanalytic concepts, such as repression, free association and libido. Of the various English translations of Freud's major works to appear in his lifetime, only one was authorized by Freud himself: The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud under the general editorship of James Strachey. Freud approved the overall editorial plan, specific renderings of key words and phrases, and the addition of valuable notes, from bibliographical and explanatory. Many of the translations were done by Strachey himself; the rest were prepared under his supervision. The result was to place the Standard Edition in a position of unquestioned supremacy over all other existing versions. Newly designed in a uniform format, each new paperback in the Standard Edition opens with a biographical essay on Freud's life and work --along with a note on the individual volume--by Peter Gay, Sterling Professor of History at Yale.

"This anthology emphasizes the community of the poem rather than the isolation of the poet. The result is a more continuous view of English verse than has usually been attempted, from the fourteenth to the late twentieth century. Poems are seen as talking to each other, striking juxtapositions are made and a new chronology comes to light. Equally, it chronicles the evolution of English verse in linguistic and historical, rather than purely biographical, terms. Texts are reproduced with original spelling and punctuation, allowing the printed voice of the poetry to be seen and heard. Space is also given to 'the poetries traditionally excluded by Poetry': readers will find a higher proportion than usual of anonymous verse, and a selection of poems written on surfaces other than paper, such as inscriptions and epitaphs."--Jacket