Letter to Wilhelm Fliess (Letter 64) & Draft N (Notes III) : 31st May 1897 : Sigmund Freud
Freud’s letters to Fliess enable us to see him get to grips with the Oedipus complex. In the summer and autumn of 1897 his self-analysis revealed the essential features of the Oedipus complex. The first hint of the Oedipus complex can be seen in Draft N – Notes (III) (31st May 1897), enclosed with Letter of 31st May 1897 – Letter 64 : ‘It seems as though this death wish is directed in sons [...]