Letter to the Editor of the London Review of Books by Estela Weldon

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I was very interested to read Jacqueline Rose’s article on mothers since the main focus of my work as a psychiatrist has had to do with women who suffer from the strange feelings they have about their babies. In my book Mother, Madonna, Whore: The Idealisation and Denigration of Motherhood (1988), I argue that the main difference between male and female perverse action lies in the aim. Whereas in men the act is aimed at an external part-object, in women it is against themselves: either against their bodies or against objects of their own creation – that is, their babies. Continue reading Letter to the Editor of the London Review of Books by Estela Weldon

Ann and Aaron Look on as Freud on His Deathbed Turns the Pages Of Balzac’s La Peau De Chagrin

BalzakBookClick Here to Read:  Ann and Aaron Look on as Freud on His Deathbed Turns the Pages Of Balzac’s La Peau De Chagrin A Two-Scene Play For Reading By Robert L. Lippman. This play is previously unpublished.

Click Here to Read:  Freud’s Dream “Castle By The Sea” (May, 1898) Revisited by Robert L . Lippman on this website.

Click Here to Read: Freud In Rome: It Takes a Little Courage, a play by Robert L. Lippman on this website.