Bargains with Fate: Psychological Crises and Conflicts in Shakespeare and His Plays

. . . a powerful new study of Shakespeare's four great tragedies and of the man himself. These are original and strong readings in which a picture of Shakespeare's personality emerges that is clear and convincing.

--Norman Holland, University of Florida

Paris unashamedly and insightfully celebrates Shakespeare's capacity for a mimetic, psychologically rich and complex representation of character . . . . Furthermore, he uses his investigations of the plays to speculate about Shakespeare the author and his psychological development . . . . he addresses his book primarily to 'students and lovers of Shakespeare, ' to . . . those 'who are interested in literature as a source of psychological insight, ' even 'self-understanding and growth.' Indeed, anyone who counts himself or herself in one of these categories will be enlightened--and delighted--by this book.

--Margret Schaefer, Psychoanalytic Books, Vol. 5

. . . a delight to read, both for concentrating on the psychology of the major characters--an astonishingly underrepresented aspect of modern Shakespeare studies--and for the many brilliant and altogether convincing points Paris has to make.

--Paul Bertram, Rutgers University

. . . a powerful new study of Shakespeare's four great tragedies and of the man himself. These are original and strong readings in which a picture of Shakespeare's personality emerges that is clear and convincing.

--Norman Holland, University of Florida

Paris unashamedly and insightfully celebrates Shakespeare's capacity for a mimetic, psychologically rich and complex representation of character . . . . Furthermore, he uses his investigations of the plays to speculate about Shakespeare the author and his psychological development . . . . he addresses his book primarily to 'students and lovers of Shakespeare, ' to . . . those 'who are interested in literature as a source of psychological insight, ' even 'self-understanding and growth.' Indeed, anyone who counts himself or herself in one of these categories will be enlightened--and delighted--by this book.

--Margret Schaefer, Psychoanalytic Books, Vol. 5

. . . a delight to read, both for concentrating on the psychology of the major characters--an astonishingly underrepresented aspect of modern Shakespeare studies--and for the many brilliant and altogether convincing points Paris has to make.

--Paul Bertram, Rutgers University

. . . a powerful new study of Shakespeare's four great tragedies and of the man himself. These are original and strong readings in which a picture of Shakespeare's personality emerges that is clear and convincing.

--Norman Holland, University of Florida

Paris unashamedly and insightfully celebrates Shakespeare's capacity for a mimetic, psychologically rich and complex representation of character . . . . Furthermore, he uses his investigations of the plays to speculate about Shakespeare the author and his psychological development . . . . he addresses his book primarily to 'students and lovers of Shakespeare, ' to . . . those 'who are interested in literature as a source of psychological insight, ' even 'self-understanding and growth.' Indeed, anyone who counts himself or herself in one of these categories will be enlightened--and delighted--by this book.

--Margret Schaefer, Psychoanalytic Books, Vol. 5

. . . a delight to read, both for concentrating on the psychology of the major characters--an astonishingly underrepresented aspect of modern Shakespeare studies--and for the many brilliant and altogether convincing points Paris has to make.

--Paul Bertram, Rutgers University

-. . . a powerful new study of Shakespeare's four great tragedies and of the man himself. These are original and strong readings in which a picture of Shakespeare's personality emerges that is clear and convincing.-

--Norman Holland, University of Florida

-Paris unashamedly and insightfully celebrates Shakespeare's capacity for a mimetic, psychologically rich and complex representation of character . . . . Furthermore, he uses his investigations of the plays to speculate about Shakespeare the author and his psychological development . . . . he addresses his book primarily to 'students and lovers of Shakespeare, ' to . . . those 'who are interested in literature as a source of psychological insight, ' even 'self-understanding and growth.' Indeed, anyone who counts himself or herself in one of these categories will be enlightened--and delighted--by this book.-

--Margret Schaefer, Psychoanalytic Books, Vol. 5

- . . . a delight to read, both for concentrating on the psychology of the major characters--an astonishingly underrepresented aspect of modern Shakespeare studies--and for the many brilliant and altogether convincing points Paris has to make.-

--Paul Bertram, Rutgers University