The unconscious in Shakespeare's plays / by Martin S. Bergmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bergmann, Martin S., 1913-2014, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Psychology.

Subconsciousness in literature.

Psychology in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Just as concerts emerge from the interaction of many instruments, so our understanding of Shakespeare is enriched by different approaches to him. Psychoanalysis assumes that creative writers have the need to both reveal and conceal their own inner conflicts in their works. They leave residues in their works that, if we pay attention, can become building blocks that reveal aspects of the unconscious. Readers may find that the questions raised add to the pleasure of reading Shakespeare and that they deepens their understanding of his plays. Topics covered include the pivotal position of Hamlet, the poet and his calling, the Oedipus complex, intrapsychic conflict, the battle against paranoia and the homosexual compromise. By using psychoanalytic techniques in analyzing his plays and characters, the author reveals more about Shakespeare's hidden motivations and mental health.

Contents:

part I The Pivotal Position of Hamlet / Martin S. Bergmann

chapter Hamlet’s Enigmas / André Green

chapter One Hamlet: the inability to mourn and the inability to love / Martin S. Bergmann

part II The Poet and his Calling / Martin S. Bergmann

chapter Two A Midsummer Night’s Dream: how Shakespeare won the right to write plays / Martin S. Bergmann

chapter Three The Tempest: the abdication of creativity / Martin S. Bergmann

chapter Four Timon of Athens: the loss of creativity / Martin S. Bergmann

part III The Oedipus Complex / Martin S. Bergmann

chapter Five Richard III: the Oedipus complex and the villain / Martin S. Bergmann

chapter Six Julius Caesar and Freud’s Totem and Taboo / Martin S. Bergmann

chapter Seven Macbeth: an audacious variant on the oedipal theme / Martin S. Bergmann

chapter Eight Antony and Cleopatra: dangerous dotage / Martin S. Bergmann

chapter Nine Coriolanus: an astounding description of a destructive mother–child relationship / Martin S. Bergmann

chapter Ten King Lear: the daughter as a replacement for the mother / Martin S. Bergmann

chapter Eleven Richard II: abdication as a father’s reaction to the Oedipus complex / Martin S. Bergmann

part IV Intrapsychic Conflict / Martin S. Bergmann

chapter Twelve Measure for Measure: the disintegration of a harsh superego / Martin S. Bergmann

part V The Battle Against Paranoia / Martin S. Bergmann

chapter Thirteen Othello: motiveless malignity or latent homosexuality? / Martin S. Bergmann

chapter Fourteen The Winter’s Tale: latent homosexuality and paranoia / Martin S. Bergmann

part VI The Homosexual Compromise / Martin S. Bergmann

chapter Fifteen The Merchant of Venice: a portrayal of masochistic homosexuality / Martin S. Bergmann

chapter Sixteen Twelfth Night: a sublimation of bisexuality in homosexuality / Martin S. Bergmann.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 11, 2014).

ISBN:

0-429-90837-7

0-367-10166-1

0-429-48360-0

1-78241-123-2

9780429483608

OCLC:

857969591