The Inner World and Joan Riviere: Collected Papers 1929 - 1958

by Joan Riviere, Athol Hughes (Editor)

Overview

Although best known as a disseminator of Freudian and Kleinian ideas, the author also contributed important and original material to the body of psychoanalytic literature. This volume presents some of this material and highlights the importance of the author's contribution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780946439942
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/31/1991
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1380L (what's this?)

About the Author

Joan Riviere

Table of Contents

Foreword , Joan Riviere: Her life and work , Early short papers , The beauty of translation , Four uncompromising book reviews , Polemics , Defensive femininity , Possibly the first contribution concerning envy of the primal scene , Freud in the 1930s , Those wrecked by success , Freud’s autobiography , Public lectures , A moving tribute to Freud , Bereavement , Freud—the questioner , Kleinian thinking in the 1950s , Early psychological development: London/Vienna , The inner world as seen in literature , An inner world , A last word about Freud

Editorial Reviews

Since her death in 1962, Riviere's reputation has rested principally on her achievement as a translator and lucid disseminator of Freudian and Kleinian ideas. This volume sheds light on her own contributions to psychoanalytic theory and practice. Edited and with a biographical chapter by Athol Hughes; foreword by Hanna Segal. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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