Shakespeare: Hamlet (Landmarks of World Literature (New)) - Hardcover

Cantor, Paul A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521840031 ISBN 13: 9780521840033

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

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.

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'... provides a clear introduction to Hamlet ...' Cahiers Élisabéthains

Book Description

Cantor provides a clearly structured introduction to Shakespeare's most famous tragedy. He offers students a lucid discussion of the dramatic and poetic techniques used in the play. In the final chapter he deals with the varied reception of Hamlet from the seventeenth century to the present day.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521840031
• ISBN 13: 9780521840033
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 118