These stimulating essays are evidence that 50 years after its publication Melanie Klein's Envy and Gratitudeis still a rich source of psychoanalytic inspiration. Sixteen highly regarded analysts, representing a wide range of psychoanalytic thinking, provide new insights and highlight current developments without avoiding the controversies that surround the original publication. The clinical and literary material is engaging and illustrates the effect of theory on practice and the influence of practice on the evolution of theory.

Foreword-R. Horacio Etchegoyen; Introduction-Priscilla Roth; 1) "Even now, now, very now . . ."; On envy and the hatred of love-Ignês Sodré; 2) Envy, narcissism, and the destructive instinct-Robert Caper; 3) Envy and Gratitude: some current reflections-H. Shmuel Erlich; 4) An independent response to Envy and Gratitude-Caroline Polmear; 5) On Gratitude-Edna O'Shaughnessy; 6) Keeping envy in mind: the vicissitudes of envy in adolescent motherhood-Alessandra Lemma; 7) Envy in Western society: today and tomorrow-Florence Guignard; 8) He thinks himself impaired: the pathologically envious personality-Ronald Britton; 9) The repetition compulsion, envy, and the death instinct-John Steiner; 10 Romantic perversion: the role of envy in the creation of a timeless universe-Heinz Weiß; 11) Envy and the negative therapeutic reaction--Michael Feldman; 12) Reflections on Envy and Gratitude-Irma Brenman-Pick; 13) Being envious of envy and gratitude-Peter Fonagy; 14) Vicious circles of envy and punishment-Henry F. Smith.