| Shakespeare and Psychoanalytic Theory Contributor(s): Brown, Carolyn (Author), Gajowski, Evelyn (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1472503244 ISBN-13: 9781472503244 Publisher: Arden Shakespeare OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Drama | Shakespeare |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| LCCN: 2014049822 |
| Series: Shakespeare and Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5" W x 8" (0.79 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brown, Carolyn: - Carolyn Brown teaches Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature at the University of San Francisco. She has published on Shakespeare in anthologies-Re-Visions of Shakespeare: Essays in Honor of Robert Ornstein, ed. Evelyn Gajowski, and Harold Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages: "The Taming of the Shrew," ed. Pamela Loos-and in the following journals: English Literary Renaissance; Studies in English Literature; Literature and Psychology; American Imago; Shakespeare Studies; Studies in Philology; CLIO: A Journal of Literature, History and the Philosophy of History; and Texas Studies in Literature and Language. |