Author Description

Melanie Klein is universally regarded as a pioneer in the field of child psycho-analysis. This fourth and final volume of her Complete Works contains the later papers published between 1946 and 1963. One of the important papers in this collection is the concept of the paranoid-schizoid position. Other papers show the interplay of the paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions in the infant and adult development. In the essay from which this volume takes its title, she introduces her controversial theory of primary envy, describing the conflict between infantile envy and gratitude, and tracing is influecne in later development. -- Provided by publisher.