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(These [[analysts]] included Hannal segalSegal, Herbet Rosenfeld, Wilfred Bion and (later) Donald Meltzer.)  -- 

==Criticism==While it is impossible to mention all of these criticisms here, some of the moat most important of them may be summarized as follows.

# * [[Lacan]] criticizes [[Klein]] for placing too much emphasis on the [[mother]] and neglecting the role of the [[father]].<ref>{{Ec}} p.728-9</ref>

# * [[Lacan]] criticizes [[Klein]] for theorizing [[fantasy]] entirely in the [[imaginary] [[order]]. : Such an approach is a misconception, argues [[Lacan]], since it fails to take into account the [[symbolic]] [[structure]] that underpins all [[imaginary]] [[formation]]s.

# * [[Lacan]] disagrees with [[Klein]]'s views on the early development of the [[Oedipus complex]]. : For [[Lacan]], all debate on the precise dating of the [[Oedipus complex]] is futile, since it is not primarily a [[stage]] of [[development]] but a permanent [[structure]] of [[subject]]ivity. : (Insofar as the [[Oedipus complex]] can be located in time, [[Lacan]] would not locate it as early as [[Klein]] does. : Thus while [[Klein]] seems almost to deny the [[existence]] of a [[Preoedipal_stage|preoedipal phase]], [[Lacan]] argues that there is one.)

# * Closely connected to the preceding point are [[Lacan]]'s differences with respect to "Melanie Klein's encroachments into the pre-verbal areas of the unconscious."<ref>1951{{L}} "[[Works of Jacques Lacan|Some Reflections on the Ego]]", ''Int. J. Psycho-Anal''., vol. 34, 1953: p.11</ref> : For [[Lacan]], there are no [[pre-oedipal phase|pre-verbal]] areas of the [[unconscious]], since the [[unconscious]] is a [[linguistic ]] [[structure]].

# * [[Lacan]] criticizes [[Klein]]'s interpretive style as being particularly brutal. : In reference to the young [[patient]] ('Dick') whom [[Klein]] discusses in her paper on symbol formation, [[Lacan]] remarks that "she slams the symbolism on him with complete brutality."<ref>{{S1}} p.68</ref>

He also states that [[Melanie Klein]] is certainly more faithful to [[Freud]] than [[Anna Freud]] regarding the theory of [[transference]].<ref>{{S8}} p.369</ref>