Hamlet and the vision of darkness / Rhodri Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Rhodri, 1976- author.

Series:

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hamlet (Legendary character).

Hamlet.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.

Shakespeare, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 365 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021.

Summary:

'Hamlet 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface and Acknowledgements

Note on the Text

Introduction: Hamlet within Hamlet

1. Hamlet, Humanism, and Performing the Self

2. Hamlet, Hunting, and the Nature of Things

3. Hamlet as Historian

4. Hamlet as Poet

5. Hamlet as Philosopher

Conclusion. Shakespearean Tragedy and the Death of Humanism

Appendix: How Old Is Hamlet?

Bibliography

Index

A NOTE ON THE TYPE

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 17, 2020).

Previously issued in print: 2020.

ISBN:

9780691204512

0691204519

9780691210926

0691210926

OCLC:

1152323805