Shakespeare and psychoanalytic theory
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Shakespeare and psychoanalytic theory
（The Arden Shakespeare, . Arden Shakespeare and theory ; v. 2）
Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2015
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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.
Table of 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
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