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1949 study of Hamlet by Ernest Jones Cover of the first American edition | |
| Author | Ernest Jones |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Hamlet |
| Publisher | Norton |
| Publication date | 1949, 1976 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 166 |
| ISBN | 0-393-00799-5 |
| OCLC | 1974123 |
| Dewey Decimal | 822.3/3 |
| LC Class | PR2807 .J63 1976 |
Hamlet and Oedipus is a study of William Shakespeare's Hamlet in which the title character's inexplicable behaviours are subjected to investigation along psychoanalytic lines.
The study was written by Sigmund Freud's colleague and biographer Ernest Jones, following on from Freud's own comments on the play, as expressed to Wilhelm Fliess in 1897, before being published in Chapter V of The Interpretation of Dreams (1899).
Analysis
In Freud's wake, Jones explains Hamlet's mysterious procrastination as a consequence of the Oedipus Complex: the son continually postpones the act of revenge because of the impossibly complicated psychodynamic situation in which he finds himself. Though he hates his fratricidal uncle, he nevertheless unconsciously identifies with him—for, having killed Hamlet's father and married his mother, Claudius has carried out what are Hamlet's own unconscious wishes. In addition, marriage to Hamlet's mother gives the uncle the unconscious status of the father—destructive impulses towards whom provoke great anxiety and meet with repression.
Jones' investigation was first published as "The Œdipus-complex as an Explanation of Hamlet's Mystery: A Study in Motive" (in The American Journal of Psychology, January 1910); it was later expanded in a 1923 publication; before finally appearing as a book-length study (Hamlet and Oedipus) in 1949.
Shakespeare's father
Freud had originally linked the writing of Hamlet (with its oedipal subtext) to the death of Shakespeare's father in 1601, but had to abandon this view when he gave his support to the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship–something Jones always rejected in his study.
Reception
In 1986, the historian Peter Gay described Hamlet and Oedipus as "still controversial", noting that the work has been criticized as "literal-minded and unliterary". Gay considered Hamlet and Oedipus persuasive, but only as a "modest psychoanalytic explanation of Hamlet's hesitation".
See also
Oedipus Psychoanalytic literary criticismReferences
- Peter Gay, Reading Freud (1990) p. 38
- Peter Gay, Freud (1989) p. 100
- Paul A. Cantor, Shakespeare: Hamlet (2004) p. 21
- Lowell Edmunds, Oedipus (2006) p. 119
- Gay, Reading p. 38
- Gay, Reading p. 37 and p. 15
- Gay, Peter (1986). The Bourgeois Experience Victoria to Freud. Volume II: The Tender Passion. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 435. ISBN 0-19-503741-3.
External links
The full text of The Œdipus-complex as an Explanation of Hamlet's Mystery: A Study in Motive at Wikisource- http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/jones/ A summary of and the complete text of Jones' 1910 essay which expanded into his 1949 book, Hamlet and Oedipus.
- Oedipus and Hamlet (Freud) Archived 2013-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Information at www.answers.com
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