Narratives of Love and Loss

Margaret Rustin is a consultant child and adolescent psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic, London, and an Associate of the British Psychoanalytical Society. She has pioneered and supported the extension of training in psychoanalytic observational approaches to training across the United Kingdom and in a number of other countries. Michael Rustin is Professor of Sociology at the University of East London, a Visiting Professor at the Tavistock Clinic, and an Associate of the British Psychoanalytical Society. He has written widely on psychoanalytic approaches to culture and society, including on children's fiction ('Narratives of Love and Loss') and drama ('Mirror to Nature') both with Margaret Rustin. He is also author of 'The Good Society and the Inner World', and is a co-author/editor of the current 'After NeoLiberalism: the Kilburn Manifesto'.

• Preface to the Revised Edition , Introduction: Deep Structures in Modern Children’s Fiction , Loneliness, Dreaming and Discovery: Tom’s Midnight Garden , Narnia: An Imaginary Land as Container of Moral and Emotional Adventure , Magic Wishes and the Self-Explorations of Children: Five Children and It , The Life of Dolls: Rumer Godden’s Understanding of Children’s Imaginative Play , The Maternal Capacities of a Small Boy: The Indian in the Cupboard , Animals in Reality and Fantasy: Two Stories by Philippa Pearce , The Poetic Power of Ordinary Speech: E. B. White’s Children’s Stories , Who Believes in ‘Borrowers’? , Making Out in America: The Mouse and His Child , Inner Implications of Extended Traumas: Carrie’s War , Finding Oneself Among Strangers: Three Stories by Paula Fox , Conclusion: Explorations of Loss , Postscript: The Inner World of Harry Potter