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An original [[work ]] of applied [[psychoanalysis]], <i>Hamlet and [[Oedipus]]</i> was initially published in 1910 as an article in the <i>American Journal of [[Psychology]]</i> 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 <i>Schriften zur angewandten Seelekunde</i> as "Das Problem des Hamlet und der Oedipus Komplex."

In 1923 it appeared as the first chapter of <i>Essays in Applied Psychoanalysis</i> (Hogarth Press, [[London]], 1964) as "A [[Psychoanalytic ]] Study of Hamlet." In its current [[form ]] the work appeared in 1949 as <i>[[Hamlet and Oedipus]]</i>, 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 <i>International Journal of [[Psycho]]-[[Analysis]]</i>.

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]].