D.W. Winnicott : a biographical portrait / Brett Kahr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kahr, Brett, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Winnicott, D. W. (Donald Woods), 1896-1971.

Winnicott, D. W.

Psychoanalysts--Great Britain--Biography.

Psychoanalysts.

Psychoanalysis--History.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac Books, 1996 (1997 printing)

London : Routledge, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A distillation of painstaking research into the life of Donald Winnicott, tracing his life from his childhood in Plymouth, through his career in paediatrics, to his election as President of the British Psycho-Analytic Society. The author makes many interesting links between Winnicott's life and the development of his theories.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE: Infancy and childhood; CHAPTER TWO: Boarding-school; CHAPTER THREE: Medicine and paediatrics; CHAPTER FOUR: Psychoanalytic training; CHAPTER FIVE: Melanie Klein and Joan Riviere; CHAPTER SIX: Professional maturity; CHAPTER SEVEN: Private life; CHAPTER EIGHT: Illness and death; APPENDIX A: Winnicott's schoolmates; APPENDIX B: Winnicott's lectures; APPENDIX C: Winnicott's Last Will and Testament; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-429-91249-8

9780429892866

0-429-47349-4

1-283-12508-0

9786613125088

1-84940-205-1

9780429473494

OCLC:

729167069