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War memoirs 1917-1919 / Wilfred R. Bion ; edited by Francesca Bion.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bion, Wilfred R. (Wilfred Ruprecht), 1897-1979, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bion, Wilfred R. (Wilfred Ruprecht), 1897-1979--Diaries.
- Bion, Wilfred R.
- Great Britain. Army. Royal Tank Corps--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, British.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France.
- Soldiers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2018.
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- COVER; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; DIARY; France, June 26, 1917, to January 10, 1919; 1917; 1918; COMMENTARY; 1972; AMIENS; Prelude; Fugue; AFTERMATH; REFERENCES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Previous edition issued in print: London: Karnac Books, 1997.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780429923760
- 0429923767
- 9780429909535
- 0429909535
- 9780429484766
- 0429484763
- 9781782414728
- 178241472X
- OCLC:
- 1029480874
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