Employing the analytical psychology of Carl Jung, Matthew A. Fike provides a fresh understanding of individuation in Shakespeare. This study of "the visionary mode" - Jung s term for literature that comes through the artist from the collective unconscious - combines a strong grounding in Jungian terminology and theory with myth criticism, biblical literary criticism, and postcolonial theory. Fike draws extensively on the rich discussions in the Collected Works of C. G. Jung to illuminate selected plays such as A Midsummer Night s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, The Henriad, Othello, and Hamlet in new and surprising ways. Fike s clear and thorough approach to Shakespeare offers exciting, original scholarship that will appeal to students and scholars alike.

Autorentext
MATTHEW A. FIKE is Associate Professor of English at Winthrop University, USA.

Inhalt
Acknowledgments Editions and Abbreviations Introduction The Collective Unconscious and Beyond in A Midsummer Night's Dream Myth and Syzygy: Disappointment in The Merchant of Venice The Trickster's Inflation: Dives and Lazarus in The Henriad The Primitive in Othello: A Post-Jungian Reading Shadow and Anima in Hamlet: Mermaid Allusion and the Stages of Eroticism Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index