New Psychoanalytic Readings Of Shakespeare

Author : James Newlin,James W. Stone
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-14
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781000910193

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New Psychoanalytic Readings of Shakespeare by James Newlin,James W. Stone Pdf

It has been over two decades since the publication of the last major edited collection focused on psychoanalysis and early modern culture. In Shakespeare studies, the New Historicism and cognitive psychology have hindered a dynamic conversation engaging depth-oriented models of the mind from taking place. The essays in New Psychoanalytic Readings of Shakespeare: Cool Reason and Seething Brains seek to redress this situation, by engaging a broad spectrum of psychoanalytic theory and criticism, from Freud to the present, to read individual plays closely. These essays show how psychoanalytic theory helps us to rethink the plays’ history of performance; their treatment of gender, sexuality, and race; their view of history and trauma; and the ways in which they anticipate contemporary psychodynamic treatment. Far from simply calling for a conventional "return to Freud," the essays collected here initiate an exciting conversation between Shakespeare studies and psychoanalysis in the hopes of radically transforming both disciplines. It is time to listen, once again, to seething brains.

Author : James Newlin,James W. Stone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1003306896

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New Psychoanalytic Readings of Shakespeare by James Newlin,James W. Stone Pdf

"It has been over two decades since the publication of the last major edited collection focused on psychoanalysis and early modern culture. In Shakespeare studies, the New Historicism and cognitive psychology have hindered a dynamic conversation engaging depth-oriented models of the mind from taking place. The essays in New Psychoanalytic Readings of Shakespeare: Cool Reason and Seething Brains seek to redress this situation, by engaging a broad spectrum of psychoanalytic theory and criticism, from Freud to the present, to read individual plays closely. These essays show how psychoanalytic theory helps us to rethink the plays' history of performance; their treatment of gender, sexuality, and race; their view of history and trauma; and the ways in which they anticipate contemporary psychodynamic treatment. Far from simply calling for a conventional "return to Freud," the essays collected here initiate an exciting conversation between Shakespeare studies and psychoanalysis in the hopes of radically transforming both disciplines. It is time to listen, once again, to seething brains"--

Author : Murray M. Schwartz,Coppélia Kahn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Drama
ISBN : STANFORD:36105007494474

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Representing Shakespeare by Murray M. Schwartz,Coppélia Kahn Pdf

Author : Carolyn Brown
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474216128

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Shakespeare and Psychoanalytic Theory by Carolyn Brown Pdf

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.

Author : Philip Armstrong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134622689

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Shakespeare in Psychoanalysis by Philip Armstrong Pdf

The link between psychoanalysis as a mode of interpretation and Shakespeare's works is well known. But rather than merely putting Shakespeare on the couch, Philip Armstrong focuses on the complex and fascinatingly fruitful mutual relationship between Shakespeare's texts and psychoanalytic theory. He shows how the theories of Freud, Rank, Jones, Lacan, Erikson, and others are themselves in a large part the product of reading Shakespeare. Armstrong provides an introductory cultural history of the relationship between psychoanalytic concepts and Shakespearean texts. This is played out in a variety of expected and unexpected contexts, including: *the early modern stage *Hamlet and The Tempest *Freud's analytic session *the Parisian intellectual scene *Hollywood *the virtual space of the PC.

Author : Norman Norwood Holland
Publisher : Octagon Press, Limited
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Drama
ISBN : UVA:X006041179

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Psychoanalysis and Shakespeare by Norman Norwood Holland Pdf

Author : Lisa Hopkins
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-06
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0719064236

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Beginning Shakespeare by Lisa Hopkins Pdf

This textbook offers to introduce students to the study of Shakespeare and to ground their understandings of his work in theoretical discourses.

Author : Peter Gay,Sterling Professor of History Peter Gay
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300046816

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Reading Freud by Peter Gay,Sterling Professor of History Peter Gay Pdf

Essays discuss Freud's interest in Shakespeare, his choices for the names of his six children, his love of science, and his ambivalent feelings toward his father.

Author : Sidney Homan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000893038

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Pivotal Lines in Shakespeare and Others by Sidney Homan Pdf

Sidney Homan defines a pivotal line as “a moment in the script that serves as a pathway into the larger play ... a magnet to which the rest of the play, scenes before and after, adheres.” He offers his personal choices of such lines in five plays by Shakespeare and works by Beckett, Brecht, Pinter, Shepard, and Stoppard. Drawing on his own experience in the theatre as actor and director and on campus as a teacher and scholar, he pairs a Shakespearean play with one by a modern playwright as mirrors for each other. One reviewer calls his approach “ground-breaking.” Another observes that his “experience with the particular plays he has chosen is invaluable” since it allows us to find “a wedge into such iconic texts.” Academics and students alike will find this volume particularly useful in aiding their own discovery of a pivotal line or moment in the experience of reading about, watching, or performing in a play.

Author : Julian Real
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-31
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781003837251

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Shakespeare’s Forgotten Allegory by Julian Real Pdf

Shakespeare’s Forgotten Allegory posits three startling points: that we have today forgotten a cultural icon that helped to bring about the Renaissance; that this character, used to distil classical wisdom regarding how to raise children to become moral adults, consistently appeared in plays performed between 1350 and 1650; and that the character was often utilised by the likes of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, and therefore adds a long forgotten allegorical narrative to their works. This evidence-based reappraisal of some of the most iconic works in Western literature suggests that a core element of their content has been ‘lost’ for centuries. This text will appeal to anyone with an interest in late medieval and early modern drama, especially the works of Shakespeare; to those interested in the history of teaching and child rearing; to anyone curious about the practical application of philosophy in society; to anyone that would like to know more about the crucial and defining period today known as the Renaissance, and how and why society was redesigned by those with influence; and to all those who would like to know more about how history, which though sometimes misplaced, continues to influenced our modern world.

Author : Manojit Mandal
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000963090

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Shakespeare and Indian Nationalism by Manojit Mandal Pdf

Shakespeare and Indian Nationalism aims to articulate the reception of Shakespeare by the 19th-century Indian intelligentsia from Bengal and their ambivalent approach to the Indian Renaissance and consequent nationalist project. Showcasing the cultural politics of British imperialism, this volume focuses on six early nationalist writers and their engagement with Shakespeare: Hemchandra Bandopadhay (1838–1903), Girishchandra Ghosh (1844–1912), Purnachandra Basu (1844–unknown), Iswarchandra Vidyasagar (1820–1891), Bankimchandra Chattopadhaya(1838–1894), and Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941). Drawing on Antonio Gramsci’s theory of hegemony and a host of prominent writers of cultural politics, nationalism and Indian history, this interdisciplinary approach combines postcolonial studies and Shakespeare studies in an attempt to reconcile the existence of an unbridled admiration for an English cultural icon in India alongside the rise of nationalism and a fierce resistance to British rule. The book, finally, moves to re-explore Shakespeare's position in academic, political and popular nationalist discourses in postcolonial India.

Author : Chahra Beloufa
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781040016534

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Speech Act Theory and Shakespeare by Chahra Beloufa Pdf

Speech Act Theory and Shakespeare delves deeper than linguistic ornamentation to illuminate the complex dynamics of thanking as a significant speech act in Shakespearean plays. The word “thanks” appears nearly 400 times in 37 Shakespearean plays, calling for a careful investigation of its veracity as a speech act in the 16th-century setting. This volume combines linguistic analysis to explore the various uses of thanks, focusing on key thanking scenes across a spectrum of plays, including All’s Well That Ends Well, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Timon of Athens, The Winter’s Tale, and the Henriad. Shakespeare’s works indicate the act of thanking to be more than a normal part of dialogue; it is an artistic expression fraught with pitfalls similar to those of negative speech acts. The study aims to determine what compels the characters in Shakespeare to offer thanks and evaluates Shakespeare’s accomplishment in imbuing the word “thanks” with performance quality in the theatrical sphere. This work adds to our comprehension of Shakespearean plays and larger conversations on the challenges of language usage in theatrical and cultural settings by examining the convergence of gratitude with power dynamics, political intrigue, and interpersonal relationships, drawing on a multidisciplinary approach that includes pragmatics, philosophy, religion, and psychology.

Author : Jade Standing
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781003837602

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The Play of Conscience in Shakespeare’s England by Jade Standing Pdf

Having a conscience distinguishes humans from the most advanced A.I. systems. Acting in good conscience, consulting one’s conscience, and being conscience-wracked are all aspects of human intelligence that involve reckoning (deriving general laws from particular inputs and vice versa), and judgement (contemplating the relationship of the reckoning system to the world). While A.I. developers have mastered reckoning, they are still working towards the creation of judgement. This book sheds light on the reckoning and judgement of conscience by demonstrating how these concepts are explored in Everyman, Doctor Faustus, The Merchant of Venice, and Hamlet. Academic, student, or general-interest readers discover the complexity and multiplicity of the early modern concept of conscience, which is informed by the scholastic intellectual tradition, juridical procedures of the court of Chancery, the practical advice of Protestant casuistry, and Reformation theology. The aims are to examine the rubrics for thinking through, regulating, and judging actions that define the various consciences of Shakespeare’s day, to use these rubrics to interpret questions of truth and action in early modern plays, and to offer insights into what it is about conscience that developers want to grasp to eliminate the difference between human and non-human intelligences, and achieve true A.I.

Author : B. J. Sokol
Publisher : Free Assn Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1993-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1853431974

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The Undiscover'd Country by B. J. Sokol Pdf

A collection of original essays on Shakespeare's plays and poems, by a range of academics, practicing psychotherapists, and writer/theatre-director Jonathan Miller. Produced by Free Association Books, London. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Author : Mary Thomas Crane
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781400824007

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Shakespeare's Brain by Mary Thomas Crane Pdf

Here Mary Thomas Crane considers the brain as a site where body and culture meet to form the subject and its expression in language. Taking Shakespeare as her case study, she boldly demonstrates the explanatory power of cognitive theory--a theory which argues that language is produced by a reciprocal interaction of body and environment, brain and culture, and which refocuses attention on the role of the author in the making of meaning. Crane reveals in Shakespeare's texts a web of structures and categories through which meaning is created. The approach yields fresh insights into a wide range of his plays, including The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, and The Tempest. ? Crane's cognitive reading traces the complex interactions of cultural and cognitive determinants of meaning as they play themselves out in Shakespeare's texts. She shows how each play centers on a word or words conveying multiple meanings (such as "act," "pinch," "pregnant," "villain and clown"), and how each cluster has been shaped by early modern ideological formations. The book also chronicles the playwright's developing response to the material conditions of subject formation in early modern England. Crane reveals that Shakespeare in his comedies first explored the social spaces within which the subject is formed, such as the home, class hierarchy, and romantic courtship. His later plays reveal a greater preoccupation with how the self is formed within the body, as the embodied mind seeks to make sense of and negotiate its physical and social environment.