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.

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Autore principale: Jacobs, Michael, 1941-
Ente Autore: United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: London : Karnac Books, 2008.
Serie:UKCP.
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=367001
Sommario:
  • 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.