Dostoevsky and Parricide

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"Dostoevsky and Parricide" is a 1928 article by Sigmund Freud that argues that the greatest works of world literature all concern parricide (the killing of parents or other close relatives): Oedipus the King, Hamlet, and The Brothers Karamazov.

v t e Sigmund Freud

Books	Civilization and Its Discontents The Ego and the Id The Future of an Illusion The History of the Psychoanalytic Movement The Interpretation of Dreams Introduction to Psychoanalysis Moses and Monotheism On Dreams The Psychopathology of Everyday Life The Question of Lay Analysis Studies on Hysteria Totem and Taboo

Essays	Beyond the Pleasure Principle Delusion and Dream in Jensen's Gradiva Dostoevsky and Parricide Leonardo da Vinci, A Memory of His Childhood Medusa's Head On Narcissism Thoughts for the Times on War and Death Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality

Case studies	Dora (Ida Bauer) Emma Eckstein Little Hans (Herbert Graf) Irma's injection Anna O. (Bertha Pappenheim) Rat Man The Wolfman (Sergei Pankejeff)

Family	Amalia Freud (mother) Martha Bernays (wife) Anna Freud (daughter) Ernst L. Freud (son)

Other	Inner circle Freudian slip Humor Views on homosexuality Views on religion

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