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An original [[work ]] of applied [[psychoanalysis]], [[Hamlet ]] and [[Oedipus ]] was initially published in 1910 as an article in the American Journal of [[Psychology ]] with the title "The Oedipus [[Complex ]] as an Explanation of the 'Mystery of Hamlet."' It was translated into [[German ]] in 1911 in a brochure in the series Schriften zur angewandten Seelekunde as "Das Problem des Hamlet und der Oedipus Komplex."

In 1923 it appeared as the first chapter of Essays in Applied Psychoanalysis (Hogarth Press, [[London]], 1964) as "A [[Psychoanalytic ]] Study of Hamlet." In its current [[form ]] the work appeared in 1949 as Hamlet and Oedipus, together with an essay on the [[interpretation ]] of Hamlet, an article on "The [[Death ]] of Hamlet's [[Father]]" signed by [[Jones]], and an article by Ella Freeman Sharpe, "The Impatience of Hamlet," which had previously appeared in 1929 in the International Journal of [[Psycho]]-[[Analysis]].

There are eight chapters in the book, which is an attempt to spread Sigmund [[Freud]]'s [[ideas ]] and improve the [[recognition ]] of psychoanalysis as a [[science]]. With respect to Freud, aside from the theme of [[parricide]], the [[author ]] also discussed matricide, and the [[homosexual ]] and homicidal [[nature ]] of the son's [[aggression ]] toward the father. Sharpe's essay continues Jones's work through reference to [[libidinal ]] [[development]], [[regression]], and [[pregenital ]] attachment, and shows how the difficult confrontation with the [[oedipal ]] [[conflict ]] results in procrastination and its transformation into blind [[action ]] and [[violence]].

See also: [[Applied psychoanalysis and the interaction of psychoanalysis]]; Jones, Ernest; Eissler, Kurt Robert; [[Literary ]] and artistic creation; Parricide; [[Phantom]]; [[Ornicar]]?; [[Shakespeare ]] and psychoanalysis.