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.

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 > 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