Suffocating Mothers: Fantasies of Maternal Origin in Shakespeare's Plays, Hamlet to the TempestRoutledge, 1992 - 379 pages 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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... becomes descriptive not only of the portraits as works of art but of his own portraiture , his own need both to present and to counterfeit these potentially similar false coins . Once again his father becomes a god , with " Hyperion's ...
... becomes descriptive not only of the portraits as works of art but of his own portraiture , his own need both to present and to counterfeit these potentially similar false coins . Once again his father becomes a god , with " Hyperion's ...
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... becomes merely the creature of Troilus's needs suggests the extent to which Shakespeare himself is invested in the ... becomes Diomed's , in an important sense she ceases to be her own creature ; as she becomes Diomed's , she becomes ...
... becomes merely the creature of Troilus's needs suggests the extent to which Shakespeare himself is invested in the ... becomes Diomed's , in an important sense she ceases to be her own creature ; as she becomes Diomed's , she becomes ...
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... becomes the mouth that spits " forth blood / At Grecian sword contemning . " The wound spitting blood thus becomes not a sign of vulnerability but an instrument of attack . Volumnia's attitudes toward feeding and dependence are echoed ...
... becomes the mouth that spits " forth blood / At Grecian sword contemning . " The wound spitting blood thus becomes not a sign of vulnerability but an instrument of attack . Volumnia's attitudes toward feeding and dependence are echoed ...
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Hamlet and | 11 |
Union and Its Discontents | 38 |
On Marriage | 76 |
Copyright | |
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