Shakespeare, Adaptation, Psychoanalysis: Better Than New

by Matthew Biberman

Book Overview

In Shakespeare, Adaptation, Psychoanalysis, Matthew Biberman analyzes early adaptations of Shakespeare's plays in order to identify and illustrate how both social mores and basic human psychology have changed in Anglo-American culture. Biberman contests the received wisdom that Shakespeare's characters reflect essentially timeless truths about human nature. To the contrary, he points out that Shakespeare's characters sometimes act and think in ways...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367881888
• ISBN13: 9780367881887
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"