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Subject:	Re: [NABOKV-L] [Fwd: Re: [NABOKV-L] VN and Freud]
Date:	Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:33:48 -0400
From:	Walter Miale <wmiale@acbm.qc.ca>
To:	Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
References:	<449EF3C8.1000203@utk.edu> <003b01c698b0$2cb60430$6501a8c0@jansy01>

>Miale's words take this view to extremes all his own when he states
>that "the oedipus complex functioned as a form of denial" ( where
>did he get this idea?) "a sanction, of socially accepted
>pedophilia"...(???).
>No one who has read Freud with an unprejudiced view would sustain
>such an assumption from Freud's books.

Jeffrey Masson made what is probably the best documented and most
convincing case for this. He refers to Freud's own account of the
genesis of the idea. (Of course Masson acquired a bad name in
Freudian circles.)

This is perhaps Freud at his worst. It may provide a clue to
understanding the degree of VN's scorn.

Best regards, Jansy. I would be curious about your reading of Masson
and/or Freud's correspondence on which as I recall Masson built his
case. Masson as I recall was a Freudian when he began his research.
Personally, I found his case convincing.

wm

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