 In a 1930 self-analysis of his own writings, Rank observes that "the pre-Oedipal super-ego has since been overemphasized by Melanie Klein, without any reference to me" (ibid., p. 149n).After some hesitation, Freud distanced himself from "The Trauma of Birth," signalling to other members of his inner circle that Rank was perilously close to anti-Oedipal heresy.