The Mind According to Shakespeare - Psychoanalysis in the Bard's Writing (Hardcover, Annotated edition)

Dr. Krims, a psychoanalyst for more than three decades, takes readers into the sonnets and characters of Shakespeare and unveils the Bard's talent for illustrating psychoanalytical issues. These "hidden" aspects of the characters are one reason they feel real and, thus, have such a powerful effect, explains Krims. In exploring Shakespeare's characters, readers may also learn much about their own inner selves. In fact, Krims explains in one chapter how reading Shakespeare and other works helped him resolve his own inner conflicts. Topics of focus include Prince Hal's aggression, Hotspur's fear of femininity, Hamlet's frailty, Romeo's childhood trauma and King Lear's inability to grieve. In one essay, Krims offers a mock psychoanalysis of Beatrice from Much Ado about Nothing. All of the essays look at the unconscious motivations of Shakespeare's characters, and, in doing so, both challenge and extend common understandings of his texts.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2006
First published:	September 2006
Authors:	Marvin Bennet Krims
Dimensions:	166 x 242 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
Edition:	Annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-275-99081-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare studies & criticism
LSN:	0-275-99081-8
Barcode:	9780275990817

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