This collection brings together classic and developing psychoanalytic theory to examine gender and envy. The essays include foundational works by Freud, Klein, and Horney through to the current scholarship of Irigaray, Torok and Chasseguet-Simirgel. It aims to show how preoccupation with the Freudian concept of penis envy has both revealed and obscured fundamental psychological insights.

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.