Letters, Vol. 2: 1951-1961 [Hardcover]

C. G. Jung (Author), Gerhard Adler (Editor), Jeffrey Hulen (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1976

Beginning with Jung's earliest correspondence to associates of the psychoanalytic period and ending shortly before his death, the 935 letters selected for these two volumes offer a running commentary on his creativity. The recipients of the letters include Mircea Eliade, Sigmund Freud, Esther Harding, James Joyce, Karl Kernyi, Erich Neumann, Maud Oakes, Herbert Read, Upton Sinclair, and Father Victor White.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Extraordinarily valuable.... Whether writing a disquisition on an obscure point of theology to Father Victor White or advice to an anonymous correspondent who wondered whether she should commit suicide...Jung commits himself entirely to the question and to the moment.... [The] Letters are indispensable and a beautiful production. -- James Olney, The New Republic

What [Jung] offers from the furnace of his mind is near enough to that Philosopher's Stone sought by his old friends the alchemists to hold us enchanted through unnumbered re-readings. -- Robertson Davies, The New York Times Book Review

Product Details

• Hardcover: 764 pages
• Publisher: Princeton University Press (April 1, 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0691097240
• ISBN-13: 978-0691097244
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #283,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Confusion about which book this is, May 25, 2004

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PK (Ottawa & Prague) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Letters, Vol. 2: 1951-1961 (Hardcover)

Amazon's presentation on this Web page is very confusing as there are two completely different books being referred to here under the title "C.G. Jung":

C.G. Jung: Letters Vol.2 1951-1961, and
C.G. Jung: Word and Image [a biography].

The ISBN number used for this Web page is 0691097240, which refers to volume 2 of Letters (1951-1961). However, when you click on the "Paperback Edition" link, it takes you to Word and Image; ISBN: 0691018472! The Book Description obviously thinks this is the Letters book, but the reviews are clearly also referring to Word and Image.

This is all especially confusing for those looking for a used version of Letters Vol.2 and who are tantalized by the lower prices for an apparent paperback version. Jung's two-volume Letters collection has never come out in paperback and the used paperback that is actually being offered is Word and Image!

It might be time for Amazon to fix this discrepancy before someone receives a different book than the one he thought he was ordering.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars mind-blowing, dogma-shattering, June 1, 2000

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Craig Chalquist, PhD, author of TERRAPSYCHOLO... (Bay Area, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Letters, Vol. 2: 1951-1961 (Hardcover)

A very fine collection...with plenty of glimpses at Jung's trans-analytic speculations and personal reactions. Soulful and, in places, very funny too.