Shakespeare in psychoanalysis
By: Philip Armstrong.
Series: Accents on Shakespeare
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Psychology.; Psychoanalysis and literature -- England.; Drama -- Psychological aspects.; Psychology in literature.
Description: "The link between psychoanalysis as a mode of interpretation and Shakespeare's works is well known. But rather than merely putting Shakespeare on the couch, Philip Armstrong focuses on the complex and fruitful relationship between Shakespeare's texts and the theories of Freud, Rank, Jones, Lacan, Erikson and others. Armstrong provides an introductory cultural history of the link between psychoanalytic concepts and Shakespearean texts. This is played out in a variety of expected and unexpected contexts, including: the early modern stage, Hamlet, Freud's analytic session, the Parisian intellectual scene, Hollywood, and the virtual space of the PC."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-258) and index.