Shakespeare on the couch : on behalf of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacobs, Michael, 1941-
Corporate Author: United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: London : Karnac Books, 2008.
Series:UKCP.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=367001
Table of Contents:
  • 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.