Violence, Trauma, and Virtus in Shakespeare's Roman Poems and Plays: Transforming Ovid

Starks-Estes, L.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349468188

DOI: 10.1057/9781137349927

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 236