ABSTRACT

In a work of startling originality, Professor Brett Kahr has resurrected Donald Winnicott from the dead and has invited him for a memorable cup of tea at 87 Chester Square – his former London residence – where the two men discuss Winnicott’s life and work in compelling detail. With original drawings by Alison Bechdel, best-selling author and illustrator of Fun Home and Are You My Mother?, this ‘posthumous interview’ will be the perfect guide for students and the ideal present for colleagues.

chapter |1 pages

Introductory Note

chapter |1 pages

Dramatis Personae

part |193 pages

The Interview

chapter Cup 1|14 pages

The resurrection of Dr Winnicott

chapter Cup 2|22 pages

The making of a maverick

chapter Cup 3|13 pages

An undistinguished physician

chapter Cup 4|11 pages

On Strachey’s couch

chapter Cup 5|16 pages

Mrs Klein and the “sub-Kleinians”

chapter Cup 6|27 pages

Lurching towards war

chapter Cup 7|22 pages

Surviving hatred

chapter Cup 8|28 pages

A crash course in Winnicottiana

chapter Cup 9|17 pages

The white heat of the consulting room

chapter Cup 10|17 pages

A psychoanalytic maestro

chapter |6 pages

Epilogue

How I came to meet Winnicott