Shakespeare, Hamlet /
"In this useful guide, Paul Cantor provides a structured introduction to Shakespeare's most famous tragedy. Cantor examines Hamlet's status as tragic hero and the central enigma of his delayed revenge in light of the play's Renaissance context. He offers students a discussion of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2004.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Landmarks of world literature.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | "In this useful guide, Paul Cantor provides a structured introduction to Shakespeare's most famous tragedy. Cantor examines Hamlet's status as tragic hero and the central enigma of his delayed revenge in light of the play's Renaissance context. He offers students a discussion of the dramatic and poetic techniques used in the play. In the final chapter he deals with the varied reception of Hamlet on the stage and in literature generally from the seventeenth century to the present day."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 101 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-94). |
| ISBN: | 9780511217425 0511217420 0511208472 9780511208478 9781139165396 1139165399 |
