Envy And Gratitude And Other Works 1946-1963

<p><b>A perfect introduction to Melanie Klein&#146;s modern neuroscientific research.</b><br><br> Melanie Klein's writings particularly on infant development and psychosis have been crucial both to theoretical work and to clinical practice. <i>Envy and Gratitude </i>collects her writings from 1946 until her death in 1960 including two papers published posthumously. <br><br>Klein's major paper 'Notes on Some Schizoid Mechanisms' introduces the concept of the paranoid-schizoid position in which the infant ego splits projects and introjects its objects - most particularly the mother - during the first few months of life. <i>Envy and Gratitude</i> her last major work introduces her theory of primary envy.</p>