Hamlet : new critical essays / edited by Arthur F. Kinney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kinney, Arthur F., 1933-2021.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Shakespeare criticism ; v. 27.

Shakespeare criticism ; v. 23, i.e. 27.

Shakespeare criticism ; v. 23, [i.e. 27]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.

Shakespeare, William.

Physical Description:

x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

Arthur F. Kinney and his international team of ten Shakespearean scholars shine new light on the world's most famous tragedy. With essays covering a wide range of topics, from editorial and production issues to postmodern studies of race and gender dynamics, this volume offers cutting-edge analyses of the play. The refreshing insight and originality of the selections will surprise students new to Shakespeare as well as experts in the field. For anyone interested in what is arguably the most complex tale ever told, Kinney and his contributors have enlivened a fascinating, age-old debate.

Contents:

Part I Tudor-Stuart Hamlet

Shakespeare at Work: The Invention of the Ghost / E. Pearlman 71

Hamlet's Neglect of Revenge / R. A. Foakes 85

The Dyer's Infected Hand: The Sonnets and the Text of Hamlet / Philip Edwards 101

Part II Subsequent Hamlets

"The Cause of This Defect": Hamlet's Editors / Paul Werstine 115

"Was Hamlet a Man or a Woman?": The Prince in the Graveyard, 1800-1920 / Catherine Belsey 135

Part III Hamlet after Theory

Ways of Seeing Hamlet / Jerry Brotton 161

The Old Bill / Terence Hawkes 177

Hamlet and the Canon / Ann Thompson 193

Can We Talk about Race in Hamlet? / Peter Erickson 207

Hamlet, Laertes, and the Dramatic Functions of Foils / Richard Levin 215.

Notes:

Errata slip issued from publisher correcting series volume no. inserted.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0815338767

OCLC:

45963065