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27%OFFMelanie Klein - Narrative of a Child Analysis - 9780099752714 - V9780099752714
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Narrative of a Child Analysis

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Description for Narrative of a Child Analysis Paperback. A new edition of Melanie Klein's account of her analysis of a 10-year old boy, previously published by Hogarth Press in 1961 and Virago in 1989. Klein describes the day-to-day course of the analysis, interpreting drawings, play, verbal associations and reports of dreams, thus providing a guide to the technique of psychoanalysing children. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAF; JMC; MJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 372.

Melanie Klein gives a detailed account of the analysis of a ten year old boy, Richard. Klein describes the day to day course of the analysis interpreting Richard`s drawing, play, verbal associations and reports of dreams. Also included is the reproduction of the drawings made by the patient, the analysis of which is elaborated in this text.

This fascinating and deeply instructive case study shows the fluctuations which characterise a psycho-analysis and reveals the dynamics of the steps which eventually lead to progress in treatment.

In a series of notes accompanying the clinical description, Melanie Klein ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099752714
SKU
V9780099752714
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About Melanie Klein
Melanie Klein was born in Vienna in 1882. At about fourteen she decided to study medicine. With her brother's help she learned enough Greek and Latin to pass into the Gymnasium. But her early engagement and subsequent marriage in 1903 brought a halt to her plans. Years later, discovering a booklet on dreams by Freud, she turned her attention to ... Read more

Reviews for Narrative of a Child Analysis
Klein's ideas about children, along with her many innovations in adult therapy, placed her in the top ranks of a group of 20th-century psychoanalysts who pioneered the study of early childhood psychology
Boston Globe
[A] seminal psychoanalytic thinker
New York Times

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