Understanding Hamlet : a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents / Richard Corum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corum, Richard.

Series:

Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series.

Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series, 1074-598X

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet--Examinations--Study guides.

Shakespeare, William.

Literature and history--England--History--16th century--Sources.

Literature and history.

Hamlet (Legendary character)--Sources.

Hamlet (Legendary character).

Princes in literature--Sources.

Princes in literature.

Denmark--In literature--Sources.

Denmark.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shakespeare's Hamlet , regarded by many as the world's most famous play by the world's most famous writer, is one of the most complex, demanding, discussed, and influential literary texts in English. As a means of access to this play, this unique collection of primary materials and commentary will help student and teacher explore historical, literary, theatrical, social, and cultural issues related to the play. In an approach unique for this series, Corum guides the reader through a literary analysis of Hamlet's options. He examines the popular theatres of the day in which Shakespeare and his company first produced Hamlet and discusses the genre of tragedy in which it is written. Through judicious selection of primary historical documents, the work provides contexts for understanding Hamlet's melancholy, the ghost of Hamlet's father, the theme of revenge, and Hamlet's feigned madness. Chapters on Gertrude and Ophelia illuminate these characters in the context of the play and early modern English culture.Each chapter contains a variety of materials, many of which are not readily available elsewhere: essays, poems, histories, treatises, official documents, stories, religious tracts, homilies, memoirs, engravings, village records, and fifteen illustrations. An explanatory introduction precedes each document. Each chapter concludes with study questions, topics for written and oral exploration, and a list of suggested readings. This casebook will enrich the reader's understanding of the play and the context in which it was written.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798216029472

9786610869046

9781280869044

1280869046

9780313007781

0313007780

OCLC:

51954236