Shakespeare, midlife, and generativity /
Shakespeare, Midlife, and Generativity is a study of relations between the generations in five of William Shakespeare's plays--King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest. The book draws on Erik Erikson's theory of generativity-understood by Erikson as...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
©2008.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | Shakespeare, Midlife, and Generativity is a study of relations between the generations in five of William Shakespeare's plays--King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest. The book draws on Erik Erikson's theory of generativity-understood by Erikson as a midlife shift from advancing one's own career to aiding a younger generation-to examine the difficulties Shakespeare's parents (mainly fathers) have in releasing power and authority to their children or to other young people. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (142 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-131) and index (pages 132-142). |
| ISBN: | 9780807134887 0807134880 |
