Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1998
Abstract
Lou Andreas-Salomé was born in 1861 into a German-speaking community in St. Petersburg, Russia. She moved to Zürich at age 19 and ultimately settled in Germany. Intellectually gifted with an inquiring and incisive mind, she studied philosophy, religion, history, and psychology, and wrote extensively on the psychology of religion, philosophy, art, femininity, and eroticism.
Recommended Citation
Bower, Kathrin M. "Andreas-Salomé, Lou (1861-1937)." In Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture, 1871-1990, edited by Dieter K. Buse and Juergen C. Doerr, 28-29. New York: Garland Publishers, 1998.
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