Shakespeare and Jungian Typology: A Reading of the Plays

by Kenneth Tucker

The reader of Shakespeare has always been curious about the Bard's actual religion, opinions, sexual orientation, and relationships. We would like to ask him why his Hamlet is so indecisive, whether Henry V is his ideal ruler, and whether he himself fell in love with Rosalind. The Jungian theories of psychology used in literary interpretation have almost always involved a broader theory of archetypes rather than concentrating on more specific...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786416475
• ISBN13: 9780786416479
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher