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This third volume of the Freud/Ferenczi correspondence is the most poignant, interesting, and fast moving of the fascinating series. As with the previous volumes, the editors have provided a treasure trove for anyone interested in psychoanalysis—one that will be used as a database for students of psychoanalysis for years to come. Modern psychoanalysts will be especially interested in the correspondence because of the influence that Freud and Ferenczi have had on Hyman Spotnitz (Marshall, 2000). In point of fact, Lillian Delger Powers, Spotnitz's analyst, is mentioned: “As Freud's analysand and supervisee of Helene Deutsch, Hermann Nunberg, and Wilhelm Reich, she was trained in Vienna from 1924 to 1926. She underwent further control analysis with Ferenczi in America from 1926 to 1927” (p. 286). Freud's estimate of Dr. Powers is also included.
Judith Dupont, an eminent Ferenczi scholar, notes in her introduction, “The personal, professional, and public events chronicled in these pages are so closely interwoven that I found it impossible to analyze their various aspects separately” (p. xvii). She then chooses to discuss five milestones: the influence of Groddeck; Freud's illness; the discord among Rank, Ferenczi, and Freud; Ferenczi's trip to the United States; and the final emotional upheaval between Freud and Ferenczi.
Since the material is so complex and rich, the reader will fashion his/her own perspectives. This reviewer chose the following: 1). The personal and professional relationship between Freud and Ferenczi; 2). the personal lives of Freud and Ferenczi; 3). The history of the