Hamlet's Search for Meaning

Hamlet's Search for Meaning
ISBN-10
0820338559
ISBN-13
9780820338552
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
196
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Author
Walter N. King

Description

Theological and psychological interpretations of Shakespeare's most problematic play have been pursued as complementary to each other. In this bold reading, Walter N. King brings twentiethcentury Christian existentialism and post-Freudian psychological theory to bear upon Hamlet and his famous problems. King draws on the support of Paul Tillich, John Macquarrie, and Nicolai Beryaev, who radically reinterpreted the Christian doctrine of providence, and presents an unconventional thesis. He derives illuminating psychological insights from Erik Erikson, the pioneer in the modern study of identity, and Viktor Frankl, the founder of logotherapy.

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