176 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
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Drawing upon a vast literature in psychoanalytic journals and either upon Shakespeare's characters themselves or alluding to those characters in the course of other topics, this book discusses eight of Shakespeare's plays and the relationships between the main characters in them. Psychoanalytic and literary approaches sometimes diverge, but they can also concur in seeing characters either as true... Read more
Prologue -- The qualities of people -- Much deceived: Leontes and Othello -- Death and the maiden -- The rei(g)ns of power -- Part-objects: Prospero and Caliban -- “Father” and son: Prince Hal and Falstaff -- The Macbeths: a childless couple? -- Antony and Cleopatra—“star-cross’d” lovers? -- Epilogue
Biography
Jacobs, Michael
