This text presents Freud's theory that man is unable to tolerate too much reality, and that dreams are the contraband representations of the beast within man which are smuggled into awareness during sleep. The analysis of dreams is the key to unlocking the vital secrets of the unconscious mind.

In his psycholinguistic exploration of the relationship between the desire for love and the attainment of knowledge, Jacques Lacan leads into an new way of interpreting the two most fundamental human drives.

A biography of a pioneering child analyst.

Addresses the central issues of infancy. This volume collates the author's mature reflections on the relationship between mothers and their babies and on the psychological processes taking place in the infant around the time of birth and shortly afterwards.

A collection of Klein's writings from 1946 to 1960, including two papers published posthumously.

A new edition of Melanie Klein's account of her analysis of a 10-year old boy, previously published by Hogarth Press in 1961 and Virago in 1989. Klein describes the day-to-day course of the analysis, interpreting drawings, play, verbal associations and reports of dreams, thus providing a guide to the technique of psychoanalysing children.