Hamlet and the vision of darkness /
An acclaimed new interpretation of Shakespeare's HamletHamlet and the Vision of Darkness is a radical new interpretation of the most famous play in the English language. By exploring Shakespeare's engagements with the humanist traditions of early modern England and Europe, Rhodri Lewis rev...
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
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| Summary: | An acclaimed new interpretation of Shakespeare's HamletHamlet and the Vision of Darkness is a radical new interpretation of the most famous play in the English language. By exploring Shakespeare's engagements with the humanist traditions of early modern England and Europe, Rhodri Lewis reveals a Hamlet unseen for centuries: an innovative, coherent, and exhilaratingly bleak tragedy in which the governing ideologies of Shakespeare's age are scrupulously upended. Recovering a work of far greater magnitude than the tragedy of a young man who cannot make up his mind, Lewis shows that in Hamlet, as in King Lear, Shakespeare confronts his audiences with a universe that received ideas are powerless to illuminate--and where everyone must find their own way through the dark. |
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| Item Description: | Project Muse EBA All Single Title Collection Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-354) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691210926 0691210926 |
