Violence, trauma, and virtus in Shakespeare's Roman poems and plays :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
transforming Ovid
First Statement of Responsibility
Lisa S. Starks-Estes.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[Basingstoke]
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014
CONTENTS NOTE
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PART I: LOVE'S WOUND: VIOLENCE, TRAUMA, AND OVIDIAN TRANSFORMATION IN SHAKESPEARE'S ROMAN POEMS AND PLAYS --;1. The Origin of Love: Ovidian Lovesickness and Trauma in Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis" --;2. Shakespeare's Perverse Astraea, Martyr'd Philomel, and Lamenting Hecuba: Ovid, Sadomasochism, and Trauma in Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus" --;3. Dido and Aeneas 'Metamorphis'd': Ovid, Marlowe, and the Masochistic Scenario in Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" --;PART II: TRANSFORMING BODIES: TRAUMA, "VIRTUS", AND THE LIMITS OF NEO-STOICISM IN SHAKESPEARE'S ROMAN POEMS AND PLAYS --;4.'A wretched image bound': Neo-Stoicism, Trauma, and the Dangers of the Bounded Self in Shakespeare's "The Rape of Lucrece" --;5. Bleeding Martyrs: The Body of the Tyrant/Saint, the Limits of 'Constancy, ' and the Extremity of the Passions in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" --;6.'One whole wound': "Virtus", Vulnerability, and the Emblazoned Male Body in Shakespeare's "Coriolanus" --;Coda: Philomela's Song: Transformations of Ovid, Trauma, and Masochism in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Cymbeline."
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Employing psychoanalysis, trauma theory, and materialist perspectives, this book examines Shakespeare's appropriations of Ovid's poetry in his Roman poems and plays. It argues that Shakespeare uses Ovid to explore violence, trauma, and virtus - the traumatic effects of aggression, sadomasochism, and the shifting notions of selfhood and masculinity.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.