Shakespeare: Hamlet
2nd Edition
Part of Landmarks of World Literature (New)
- Author: Paul A. Cantor, University of Virginia
- Date Published: May 2004
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521549370
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In this useful guide, Paul Cantor provides a clearly structured introduction to Shakespeare's most famous tragedy. Cantor examines Hamlet's status as tragic hero and the central enigma of the delayed revenge in the light of the play's Renaissance context. He offers students a lucid discussion of the dramatic and poetic techniques used in the play. In the final chapter he deals with the uniquely varied reception of Hamlet on the stage and in literature generally from the seventeenth century to the present day.
Read more- New edition of a widely used and helpful guide to one of the greatest works of world literature - including a fully updated guide to further reading
- This introduction examines the significant after-life of Hamlet
- Written by an expert in the field who has taught this text for many years
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: May 2004
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521549370
- length: 118 pages
- dimensions: 198 x 129 x 6 mm
- weight: 0.12kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Chronology
Part I. Hamlet and the Renaissance:
1. The Renaissance context
2. Heroism in the Renaissance epic tradition
3. Tragedy and Renaissance man
4. The place of Hamlet in Shakespeare's career
Part II. The Tragedy of Hamlet:
5. The problem of Hamlet
6. Hamlet and the revenge play tradition
7. Hamlet and classical heroism
8. Hamlet and Christianity
9. Hamlet as tragic hero
10. The end of Hamlet
Part III. Dramatic and Poetic Technique:
11. The drama of Hamlet
12. The language of Hamlet
Part IV. The Heritage of Hamlet:
13. Hamlet in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
14. Hamlet in the nineteenth century
15. The comic Hamlet
16. Hamlet in the twentieth century
Works cited
Guide to further reading.
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