Author : L. Starks-Estes
Release : 2014-07-08
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 921/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Violence, Trauma, and Virtus in Shakespeare's Roman Poems and Plays by : L. Starks-Estes
Download or read book Violence, Trauma, and Virtus in Shakespeare's Roman Poems and Plays written by L. Starks-Estes. This book was released on 2014-07-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Employing psychoanalysis, trauma theory, and materialist perspectives, this book examines Shakespeare's appropriations of Ovid's poetry in his Roman poems and plays. It argues that Shakespeare uses Ovid to explore violence, trauma, and virtus - the traumatic effects of aggression, sadomasochism, and the shifting notions of selfhood and masculinity.