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Freud visited the United States in 1929
(1) To investigate the spate of suicides following the stock market crash in October
(2) To meet with his American editor, Maxwell Perkins.
(3) To give the celebrated Kramden lectures at Princeton.
(4) Freud never visited the United States
(5) Do you mean Lucien Freud?
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Radio
I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark
from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman
I believe Freud only visited the US once in the early 1900's, and was not too impressed and thought America was a "mistake!"
Posted by: Amy | April 12, 2010 at 09:55 AM
He visited only once and that was to give a lecture at Clark University. I don't remember the date, but I thought it was earlier than 1929.
Posted by: Susan Wood | April 12, 2010 at 02:01 PM
Are the Kramden lectures at Princeton related to the Norton lectures at Harvard?
Posted by: Marvin Grossmund | April 12, 2010 at 03:34 PM