W.H. Auden publishes poem 'In Memory of Sigmund Freud'

W.H. Auden publishes poem 'In Memory of Sigmund Freud'

W. H. Auden publishes his poem, In Memory of Sigmund Freud, the year after Freud’s death. Auden is deeply interested in Freud’s work and psychoanalytic ideas.

 

Donald Winnicott’s paper, ‘Transitional Objects and Transitional Phenomena: A Study of the First Not-Me Possession,’ is published

Donald Winnicott’s paper, ‘Transitional Objects and Transitional Phenomena: A Study of the First Not-Me Possession,’ is published

...in which he describes the infant’s transition from a feeling of omnipotence to a more realistic relationship with the outside world.