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

Although best known as a disseminator of Freudian and Kleinian ideas, Joan Riviere also contributed important and original material to the body of psychoanalytic literature. This volume presents some of this material and highlights the importance of Riviere's contribution. 376 pages. COVER CONTENTS Acknowledgements Foreword Joan Riviere: Her life and work CHAPTER ONE: Early short papers CHAPTER TWO: The beauty of translation CHAPTER THREE: Four uncompromising book reviews CHAPTER FOUR: Polemics CHAPTER FIVE: Defensive femininity CHAPTER SIX: Possibly the first contribution concerning envy of the primal scene CHAPTER SEVEN: Freud in the 1930s CHAPTER EIGHT: Those wrecked by success CHAPTER NINE: Freud's autobiography CHAPTER TEN: Public lectures CHAPTER ELEVEN: A moving tribute to Freud CHAPTER TWELVE: Bereavement CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Freud--the questioner. CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Kleinian thinking in the 1950sCHAPTER FIFTEEN: Early psychological development: London/Vienna CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The inner world as seen in literature CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: An inner world CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: A last word about Freud References Index. 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.