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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461733203321

Titolo

Psychoanalytic ideas and Shakespeare / / editors, Inge Wise and Maggie Mills ; series editors, Inge Wise and Paul Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2018

ISBN

0-429-90372-3

0-429-47895-X

1-283-24958-8

9786613249586

1-84940-545-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (155 p.)

Collana

Psychoanalytic ideas

Disciplina

150

150.195

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis and literature - England

Psychology in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: Psychoanalysis and theatre; CHAPTER TWO: Grief, loss, and creativity: whither the Phoenix?; CHAPTER THREE: The Caledonian tragedy; CHAPTER FOUR: Some considerations of shame, guilt, and forgivenessderived principally from King Lear; CHAPTER FIVE: The other side of the wall. A psychoanalytic studyof creativity in later life; CHAPTER SIX: Prospero's book; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

"Psychoanalysis is concerned with the vicissitudes of life: loss, grief, mourning, guilt and also with reparation and creativity, with death and rebirth, as is the work of Shakespeare. These papers link the Bard's universe to psychoanalytic thought and practice and show us how much both worlds have in common. In today's world we are moved by Shakespeare's plays whose themes are brought to life with a richness and creativity that has not dimmed with the passing of time. Echoing Freud's fascination with Shakespeare, Michael Conran, Peter Hildebrand, Gerald Wooster, and Peter Buckroyd find much to feast on



in King Lear, Twelfth Night, All's Well That Ends Well, The Tempest, Macbeth, and The Winter's Tale. The interplay of inner and outer world, inner and outer reality, brings about a rich tapestry of conflicts, desires, anxieties, challenges and resolutions that were as true then as they are now. Throughout his life and reflected in his plays, Shakespeare faced loss and death repeatedly. That his creativity was not diminished but was enriched by this, is part of his genius. Loss and the thought not just of death, but of our own death is something we all have to struggle with, as do the patients whose conflicts the authors speak about.Part of the Psychoanalytic Ideas Series."--Provided by publisher.