The Inability to Mourn and The Inability to Love in Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9230728 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin S Bergmann (Verizon (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 397-423 |
| Publication date | 2009-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Psychoanalytic Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2828 • E-ISSN: 2167-4086 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.2167-4086.2009.tb00398.x |
| PMID | 19507446 |
| OpenAlex | W2074778686 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
The author discusses the special role played by Shakespeare's masterpiece Hamlet in the history of psychoanalysis. Freud and many of his followers have treated Hamlet as if he were a real person inhibited by the Oedipus complex. In this presentation, Hamlet is understood as the embodiment of a brilliant artistic endeavor aimed at both revealing and concealing the power of this complex. The author proposes that, if Hamlet is autobiographical, it expresses Shakespeare's inability to mourn and love until a childhood homosexual memory has emerged. Hidden in Hamlet is a cure through the recall of a childhood memory
Art · Cognitive psychology · HAMLET (protein complex) · Literature · Power (physics) · Presentation (obstetrics) · Psychoanalysis · Recall · Empathy and Medical Education · Medicine · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2016 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |