Oedipus Complex

M. Fear, Rhona

• Preface -- Introduction -- Theory -- The legend of Oedipus -- Freud’s theory of the Oedipus complex -- Kleinian theory of the Oedipus situation -- A feminist approach to the Oedipus complex -- Bowlby’s attachment theory -- A new hypothesis: the correlation between attachment theory and the Oedipus complex -- Case Studies -- Milo: “Getting my own back!” -- Frank: a transference re-enactment -- Vivienne: a plethora of transferential figures -- Ian: an unexpected visitor -- Allan: “She is just so beautiful!” -- Ava: “wrecked by success” -- Discussion