Shakespeare and psychoanalytic theory / Carolyn Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Carolyn (Carolyn Elizabeth), author.

Series:

Shakespeare and theory.

Shakespeare and theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge--Psychology.

Shakespeare, William.

Psychoanalysis and literature.

Psychoanalysis--History.

Psychoanalysis.

Psychology in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Although psychoanalytic criticism of Shakespeare is a prominent and prolific field of scholarship, the analytic methods and tools, theories, and critics who apply the theories have not been adequately assessed. This book fills that gap. It surveys the psychoanalytic theorists who have had the most impact on studies of Shakespeare, clearly explaining the fundamental developments and concepts of their theories, providing concise definitions of key terminology, describing the inception and evolution of different schools of psychoanalysis, and discussing the relationship of psychoanalytic theory (especially in Shakespeare) to other critical theories. It chronologically surveys the major critics who have applied psychoanalysis to their readings of Shakespeare, clarifying the theories they are enlisting; charting the inception, evolution, and interaction of their approaches; and highlighting new meanings that have resulted from such readings. It assesses the applicability of psychoanalytic theory to Shakespeare studies and the significance and value of the resulting readings."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Series Preface

Introduction

Chapter One: The Inception of Psychoanalytic Theory and Shakespearean Psychoanalytic Criticism

Chapter Two: Shakespearean Psychoanalytic Critics Through the 1970s

Chapter Three: Shakespearean Psychoanalytic Critics in the 1980s

Chapter Four: Shakespearean Psychoanalytic Critics in the 1990s

Chapter Five: Shakespearean Psychoanalytic Critics in the Twenty-First Century

Chapter Six: The Feminine Oedipal Complex in All's Well That Ends Well

Chapter Seven: A Psychoanalytic Reading of Homoeroticism in Romeo and Juliet

Epilogue

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: London: Arden Shakespeare, 2015. Digital resource published 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 13, 2018).

ISBN:

9781474216142

1474216145

9781474216135

1474216137

OCLC:

909369733