Suffocating Mothers
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Suffocating Mothers

Fantasies of Maternal Origin in Shakespeare's Plays, Hamlet to the Tempest

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eBook - ePub

Suffocating Mothers

Fantasies of Maternal Origin in Shakespeare's Plays, Hamlet to the Tempest

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An original reading of Shakespeare's plays illuminating his negotiations with mothers, present and absent, and tracing the genesis of Shakespearean tragedy and romance to a psychologized version of the Fall.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2012
ISBN
9781136607370
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Suffocating Mothers
  3. Full Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgement
  8. A note on text
  9. 1. Introduction
  10. 2. Man and Wife Is One Flesh
  11. 3. Is Thy Union Here
  12. 4. Marriage and the Maternal Body
  13. 5. Suffocating Mother in King Lear
  14. 6. Escaping the Matrix
  15. 7. Making Defect Perfection
  16. 8. Masculine Authority and the Maternal Body
  17. Notes
  18. Author Index
  19. Index to Shakespeare's works
  20. Subject Index