Selected Melanie Klein

ISBN: 0029214815

Author: Mitchell, Juliet

Condition: New

This book provides a thorough introduction to the stimulating and controversial ideas of the woman who charted the field of child analysis-Melanie Klein.Freud was surprisingly silent on the dim and shadowy era of earliest infancy. It was Melanie Klein, one of Freuds most innovative followers, who revolutionized child analysis with her play technique, illuminating the babys most primitive fantasies and conflicts. Now, at last, the most important of Kleins writings are together in one volume, brilliantly edited and introduced by one of Britains best known feminist thinkers.The Selected Melanie Klein feature the significant ideas of the woman who took the field of child analysis by storm, including her ideas on treatment of psychotics, revisions of Freuds ideas on female sexuality, the discovery of the direct connection between normal ego development and psychosis, and the important role fantasy plays in daily life.