Shakespeare's Hamlet and Lawrence agonistes : the early phase / by Barry J. Scherr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scherr, Barry J. (Barry Jeffrey), 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930--Criticism and interpretation.

Lawrence, D. H.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Influence.

Lawrence, D. H.--(David Herbert),--1885-1930--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Hamlet.

Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

This book is the first to examine the influence of Shakespeare--particularly Hamlet--on D. H. Lawrence. Using the Bloomian theory of the "anxiety of influence" to probe the startling depths of Lawrence's agon with his towering precursor Shakespeare, it closely examines Lawrence's crypto-Jewish identity, as well as that of many of his highly individual characters, who embody the characteristics of Old Testament figures, and in so doing infuse a patriarchal strength and divine "religious" sublimity into civilized life. Lawrence's claims about the self-sacrificing influence of Christianity on Shakespeare's Hamlet, on the other hand, demonstrate how this influence carries over into the submission of the subject and the decline of Western Civilization. The book extrapolates this decline into a critique of the modern-day left-wing ideology that appropriates the self-abnegating individual to its collectivist ends.In responding agonistically to Shakespeare's Hamlet, Lawrence claims a far more complete, vital, and salubrious "consciousness" and a Weltanschauung that makes for greater, more fulfilling "life" thanks to the inner strength, psychic and sexual power of the Lawrentian "Self Supreme."The book will appeal to Lawrence and Shakespeare scholars and enthusiasts who wish to appreciate Lawrence and Shakespeare as supremely profound writers and thinkers. Its unique demonstration of Bloomian literary theory makes it come poignantly alive for both graduate students and college professors.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-1545-1

OCLC:

1046634194