A Jungian Study of Shakespeare : The Visionary Mode

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. 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--Résumé de l'éditeur Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-13 The Collective Unconscious and Beyond in A Midsummer Night’s Dream....Pages 15-39 Myth and Syzygy....Pages 41-62 The Trickster’s Inflation....Pages 63-84 The Primitive in Othello....Pages 85-109 Shadow and Anima in Hamlet....Pages 111-149 Epilogue....Pages 151-153 Back Matter....Pages 155-203