Freud and His Mother: Preoedipal Aspects of Freud’s Personality

Of her seven children, Sigmund, her firstborn, remained throughout her life the favourite of his mother, Amelia Freud. This book extends understanding of how Freud’s relationship to his mother affected his life and his work. It explores pre-oedipal aspects of Freud’s personality hitherto ignored both by Freud and his biographers.