THE PARENTS OF OEDIPUS
SIR,—In reviewing Sir Oswald Mosley's book The Alternative a fortnight ago I suggested that his assertion that " The Oedipus-complex, as most people know, is connected with the relation of Son to Father " implied some lack of understanding on Sir Oswald's part of what the Oedipus- complex in fact was. I have since had some correspondence with Sir Oswald on this point, and though I hold completely to my own view that the Oedipus-complex as the term is commonly used deals with the relation of son to mother, and only secondarily and consequentially with the relation of son to father, I should desire to modify my suggestion that Sir Oswald- was guilty of ignorance. I still think him quite mistaken,
but he is entitled to his own view.—Yours, &c., H. W. H.
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