Suffocating Mothers: Fantasies of Maternal Origin in Shakespeare's Plays, Hamlet to the TempestISBN: 9780203420652Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / RoutledgeDigital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Arts; Language & Literature; Literature; Theatre & Performance Studies; Feminist Literature & Theory; Shakespeare; Drama; An original reading of Shakespeare's plays illuminating his negotiations with mothers, present and absent, and tracing the genesis of Shakespearean tragedy and romance to a psychologized version of the Fall.