Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Shakespeare

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Shakespeare combines literary criticism, performance studies, psychiatric literature, trauma studies, and disability studies to examine the presentation of PTSD in Shakespeare's plays. This volume takes as case studies 1 Henry IV, Othello, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, and Troilus and Cressida. This character-based, interdisciplinary approach places Shakespeare's texts and their production histories in conversation with current scientific research by blending literary analysis, medical and psychosocial research, memoirs and patient accounts, and performance history. This research deepens our understanding of representations of trauma in early modern literature and reveals what the artistic representations of trauma and PTSD in the early modern period can tell us about the history of this condition. It reminds us that people lived with PTSD long before the APA codified the condition in the 1980s; it places this condition in a longer historical continuity. With this knowledge, we can better consider the role Shakespeare can play in how we respond to trauma and psychological injury now.

Sommario

"That I may give the local wound a name": An Introduction
"Thy spirit within thee hath been so at war": PTSD in 1 Henry IV
"Farewell the tranquil mind!": PTSD in Othello
"The torture of the mind": PTSD in Macbeth 102
"This Ended Action": PTSD In Much Ado About Nothing
"lion sick": The Absence of PTSD in Troilus and Cressida
"Now, Esperance!": A Conclusion

Info autore

Kelsey Ridge is an Adjunct Professor at Alvernia University and has served as a dramaturg on opera and Shakespeare productions. She authored the book Shakespeare's Military Spouses and Twenty- First-Century Warfare (Routledge 2021) and has published on Shakespeare's works in Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism and the Indian Theatre Journal.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kelsey Ridge
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032612225
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3261222-5
• Pagine: 162
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Shakespeare
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, MEDICAL / Emergency Medicine, Psychotherapy, Literary studies: general, Trauma and shock, Literary theory, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Psychiatric and mental disorders, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean, Shakespeare, mental health, trauma