Melanie Klein was an Austrian-born British psychoanalyst who devised novel therapeutic techniques for children that had an impact on child psychology and contemporary psychoanalysis. She was a leading innovator in theorizing object relations theory, and remains one of the most important figures in psychoanalytical theory and practice.

• Volume 1: Preface, Introduction by R. E. Money-Kyrle, 1. The Development of a Child (1921), 2. Inhibitions and Difficulties at Puberty (1922), 3. The Role of the School in the Libidinal Development of the Child (1923), 4. Early Analysis (1923), 5. A Contribution to the Psychogenesis of Tics (1925), 6. The Psychological Principles of Early Analysis (1926), 7. Symposium on Child-Analysis (1927), 8. Criminal Tendencies in Normal Children (1927), 9. Early Stages of the Oedipus Conflict (1928), 10. Personification in the Play of Children (1929), 11. Infantile Anxiety Situations Reflected in a Work of Art and in the Creative Impulse (1929), 12. The Importance of Symbol-Formation in the Development of the Ego (1930), 13. The Psychotherapy of the Psychoses (1930), 14. A Contribution to the Theory of intellectual Inhibition (1931), 15. The Early Development of Conscience in the Child (1933), 16. On Criminality (1934), 17. A Contribution to the Psychogenesis of Manie-Depressive States (1935), 18. Weaning (1936), 19. Love, Guilt and Reparation (1937), 20. Mourning and its Relation to Manie-Depressive States (1940), 21. The Oedipus Complex in the Light of Early Anxieties (1945), Explanatory Notes, Bibliography, List of Patients, Index, Volume 2: Note to the Revised Translation, Preface to the First Edition, Preface to the Third Edition, Introduction, Part I: THE TECHNIQUE OF CHILD ANALYSIS, 1. The Psychological Foundations of Child Analysis, 2. The Technique of Early Analysis, 3. An Obsessional Neurosis in a Six-Year-Old Girl, 4. The Technique of Analysis in the Latency Period, 5. The Technique of Analysis in Puberty, 6. Neurosis in Children, 7. The Sexual Activities of Children, Part II: EARLY ANXIETY-SITUATIONS AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD, 8. Early Stages of the Oedipus Conflict and of Super-Ego Formation, 9. The Relations Between Obsessional Neurosis and the Early Stages of the Super-Ego, 10. The Significance of Early Anxiety-Situations in the Development of the Ego, 11. The Effects of Early Anxiety-Situations on the Sexual Development of the Girl, 12. The Effects of Early Anxiety-Situations on the Sexual Development of the Boy, Appendix - The Scope and Limits of Child Analysis, Explanatory Note, Bibliography, List of Patients, Index, Volume 3: Preface, 1. Notes on Some Schizoid Mechanisms (1946), 2. On the Theory of Anxiety and Guilt (1948), 3. On the Criteria for the Termination of a Psycho-Analysis (1950), 4. The Origins of Transference (1952), 5. The Mutual Influences in the Development of Ego and Id (1952), 6. Some Theoretical Conclusions Regarding the Emotional Life of the Infant (1952), 7. On Observing the Behaviour of Young Infants (1952), 8. The Psycho-Analytic Play Technique: Its History and Significance (1955), 9. On Identification (1955), 1O. Envy and Gratitude (1957), 11. On the Development of Mental Functioning (1958), 12. Our Adult World and its Roots in Infancy (1959), 13. A Note on Depression in the Schizophrenic (1960), 14. On Mental Health (1960), 15. Some Reflections on The Oresteia (1963), 16. On the Sense of Loneliness (1963), Short Contributions, Explanatory Notes, Appendix: Introductory Notes by Ernest Jones to Previous Editions of Melanie Klein's Works, Bibliography, Index, Volume 4: Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, First to Ninety-third Sessions, Final Remarks, Index, Illustrations

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