The best sources are the two books on the topic by Janet Malcolm and Jeffrey M. Masson. Malcolm's book, called In the Freud Archives, was the result of a multi-part piece she did for The New York Times, interviewing Masson. Masson's own book on this topic, The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory, has far more detail and I found it to be very engrossing.
As a note, I point out that Masson sued Malcolm for libel based on the articles and the book (I guess it was both pieces. Masson's writings and the excerpts of testimony I read at the time seemed to indicate that he was have either a breakdown or some serious mental strain issues. I was more interested in the historical elements of what Freud did or did not do than in Jeff Masson's mental health so I didn't concentrate on any of that.) He moved far away from NY (to New Zealand, I think) and far away from writing about Freud or psychoanalysis.
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Masson's own book on this topic, The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory, has far more detail and I found it to be very engrossing.
As a note, I point out that Masson sued Malcolm for libel based on the articles and the book (I guess it was both pieces. Masson's writings and the excerpts of testimony I read at the time seemed to indicate that he was have either a breakdown or some serious mental strain issues. I was more interested in the historical elements of what Freud did or did not do than in Jeff Masson's mental health so I didn't concentrate on any of that.) He moved far away from NY (to New Zealand, I think) and far away from writing about Freud or psychoanalysis.