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FROM AND ABOUT FREUD'S LETTERS TO FLIESS. Martin Grotjahn, M.D.
A short introduction describes the historical background of the correspondence between Freud and Fliess, 1887–1902, from Freud's thirty-first to forty-sixth years. No attempt was made to translate or interpret the letters, but to familiarize the analytic reader who does not understand German with the atmosphere and the nature of these letters.
In the summary of the early letters, special attention was given to the one in which the death of Freud's father was announced. Most of the report was devoted to the description of Freud's self-analysis as revealed in these letters.
Erikson discussed his interpretation of Freud's Irma dream (as published in the Interpretation of Dreams), now seen in a new light. The importance of continued self-analysis in the training of an analyst was emphasized. The age of the analysand at the time the transference neurosis occurs requires more emphasis than it has heretofore been given.