Shakespeare and psychoanalytic theory

Shakespeare and psychoanalytic theory

by Brown, Carolyn, (Carolyn Elizabeth)

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"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 evolut…

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  • Full title :Shakespeare and psychoanalytic theory / Carolyn E. Brown.

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"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"--

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  • Publication Date:2015.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xii, 223 pages ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781472503244, 1472503244, 9781472503237, 1472503236
  • oclc:ocn878023823
  • LC Classification:PR3065
  • Dewey Decimal:822.3/3

Table of Contents

Introduction -- 1: The Inception of Psychoanalytic Theory and Shakespearean Psychoanalytic Criticism -- 2: Shakespearean Psychoanalytic Critics through the 1970s -- 3: Shakespearean Psychoanalytic Critics in the 1980s -- 4: Shakespearean Psychoanalytic Critics in the 1990s -- 5: Shakespearean Psychoanalytic Critics in the Twenty-first Century -- 6: The Feminine Oedipal Complex in All's Well That Ends Well -- 7: A Psychoanalytic Reading of Homoeroticism in Romeo and Juliet.

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Subjects

18.05 English literature History LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare Literaturkritik Psicoanàlisi i literatura Psychanalyse -- Histoire Psychanalyse et littérature Psychoanalyse Psychoanalysis Psychoanalysis -- History Psychoanalysis and literature Psychologie dans la littérature Psychology Psychology in literature Shakespeare, William

Writers

Brown, Carolyn, (Carolyn Elizabeth)

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