The personality of Shakespeare
By: a venture in psychological method.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1953
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Psychology; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation; Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography; Stratford-upon-Avon (England) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: First of all, as the title indicates, I am concerned with exploring a method. This method derives from the theory of personality projection. It is quantitative in part, but its operation depends, as everything in science does, upon a human observer and assessor. With regard to the personality of Shakespeare, I should like to make it plain that I have not attempted to be comprehensive and final. I do not see how we can be comprehensive and final with regard to any personality. Here, in studying Shakespeare, I have been deliberately fragmentary, limiting myself to a mere handful of questions. In particular, I have not tried to analyze the plays as artistic wholes in their entire complexity, but have only traced out a few general characteristics and a few patterns, which I have called "themes," occurring in more than one play. My analysis has focused on the dramatis personae and their interrelations. - Preface.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 231-234.