cho analysis ▁as ▁a ▁tool ▁for ▁art ▁and ▁literary ▁criticism . ▁Origin ally ▁a ▁Fre ud ian , ▁Read ▁came ▁to ▁transfer ▁his ▁alleg iance ▁to ▁the ▁analyt ical ▁psych ology ▁of ▁Carl ▁Jung , ▁eventually ▁becoming ▁both ▁publish er ▁and ▁editor - in - ch ief ▁of ▁Jung ' s ▁collected ▁works ▁in ▁English . ▁ ▁As ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁Read ▁took ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁writ ings ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁Ex ist ential ists , ▁particularly ▁those ▁of ▁Jean - Paul ▁S art re . ▁Although ▁Read ▁never ▁described ▁himself ▁as ▁an ▁exist ential ist , ▁he ▁did ▁acknow ledge ▁that ▁his ▁theories ▁often ▁found ▁support ▁among ▁those ▁who ▁did . ▁Read ▁perhaps ▁was ▁the ▁closest ▁England ▁came ▁to ▁an ▁exist ential ist ▁the or ist ▁of ▁the ▁European ▁tradition . ▁ ▁View s ▁on ▁education ▁ ▁Read ▁developed ▁a ▁strong ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁education ▁and ▁particularly ▁in ▁art ▁education . ▁Read ' s ▁an arch ism ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁William ▁God win , ▁Peter ▁K rop ot kin ▁and ▁Max ▁St ir ner . ▁Read ▁" bec ame ▁deeply ▁interested ▁in ▁children ’ s ▁draw ings ▁and ▁paint ings ▁after ▁having ▁been ▁invited ▁to ▁collect ▁works ▁for ▁an ▁exhibition ▁of ▁British ▁art ▁that ▁would ▁tour ▁al lied ▁and ▁neutral ▁countries ▁during ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War . ▁As ▁it ▁was ▁considered ▁too ▁ris ky ▁to ▁transport ▁across ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁works ▁of ▁established ▁importance ▁to ▁the ▁national ▁her itage , ▁it ▁was ▁proposed ▁that ▁children