“Should this remain?” anna freud's misgivings concerning the freud-jung letters

Abstract

Abstract The Freud-Jung letters were the first major correspondence in which Freud's letters were published in an unexpurgated form. Through a study of the unpublished editorial correspondence, this essay demonstrates that the uncensored publication was achieved despite Anna Freud's strong opposition, represented by a memorandum she wrote in 1970 entited “Reservations for the edition,” which is published here in translation for the first time. It is argued that the resistance to Anna Freud's demands by the editors may be seen to have marked a decisive turn in how Freud's correspondences were edited.