Margaret Rustin: 6 books

This book brings the insights of psychoanalysis to bear on drama in the western dramatic tradition. Plays which are discussed in detail include works by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chekhov, Wilde, and Beckett among others. The authors seek to show that the subtle understanding of conscious and unconscious...

Reading Klein provides an introduction to the work of one of the twentieth century’s greatest psychoanalysts, known in particular for her contribution in developing child analysis and for her vivid depiction of the inner world. This book makes Melanie Klein’s works highly accessible, providing...

On its first publication Narratives of Love and Loss was widely recognised as an important and perceptive contribution to the study of children's literature and for its capacity to stimulate deep emotional responses in both child and adult readers. This welcome reissue includes a new postscript exploring...

Observing young children at play is an everyday and often fascinating and pleasurable experience for many of us. It also has a great pedigree in the development of psychoanalysis from Freud's observation of his grandson's game with the cotton-reel onwards. This book describes the practice of observing...

Il nono volume della collana propone ai genitori una prospettiva psicoanalitica dalla quale osservare la crescita dei figli: i genitori sono i veri protagonisti di queste pagine, dalle quali emerge come dialogare con uno psicoanalista possa aiutarli a interpretare fraintendimenti e conflitti. Vengono...

Questo terzo volume affronta le relazioni tra fratelli, considerando anche i gemelli, e mostra l'importanza di questi legami nel crescere i figli. È inevitabile che la nascita di un fratello sia vissuta in modo catastrofico, con sentimenti di rivalità e gelosia? Cosa possono fare i genitori per...