Love, Hate, and Literature: Kleinian Readings of Dante, Ponge, Rilke, and Sarraute

Melanie Klein (1882-1960) was a pioneer of child analysis whose work with children enables us to gain a deep understanding of the mind. Love, Hate, and Literature examines Klein's insights into infantile phantasy in order to uncover and explore a Kleinian dynamics of reading, which has powerful implications for our understanding of literary texts in general. This book focuses on four very diverse writers - Dante, Ponge, Rilke, and Sarraute - whose writings pertinently reflect the transformation of Kleinian phantasies into literary texts.

The Author: Nicolette David is Lecturer and Research Fellow in the School of Languages, Linguistics, and Culture at Birkbeck College, University of London. She obtained her Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of London. She has lectured on European literature at a number of universities in England and has published widely in books and journals.

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