<P><EM>Winner of the 2010 Sigourney Award!</EM></P><P><EM>Reading Freud</EM> provides an accessible outline of the whole of Freud''s work from <EM>Studies in Hysteria</EM> through to <EM>An Outline of Psycho-Analysis</EM>. It succeeds in expressing even the most complex of Freud''s theories in clear and simple language whilst avoiding over-simplification.</P><P>Each chapter concentrates on an individual text and includes valuable background information, relevant biographical and historical details, descriptions of Post-Freudian developments and a chronology of Freud''s concepts. By putting each text into the context of Freud''s life and work as a whole, Jean-Michel Quinodoz manages to produce an overview which is chronological, correlative and interactive. Texts discussed include:</P><UL><LI><EM>The Interpretation of Dreams</EM></LI><LI><EM>The ''Uncanny''</EM></LI><LI><EM>Civilisation and its Discontents''</EM></LI></UL><P>The clear presentation, with regular summaries of the ideas ra