Hamlet in his modern guises / Alexander Welsh
- Author
- Welsh, Alexander
- Published
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2001]
- Copyright Date
- ©2001
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 178 pages)
Access Online
- Language Note
- In English.
- Contents
- Title Page; Copyright information; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Medieval Hamlet Gains a Family; Chapter Two: Hamlet's Mourning and Revenge Tragedy; Chapter Three: History, as between Goethe's Hamlet and Scott's; Chapter Four: Hamlet's Expectations, Pip's Great Guilt; Chapter Five: Hamlet Decides to Be a Modernist; Index.
- Summary
- Focusing on Shakespeare's Hamlet as foremost a study of grief, Alexander Welsh offers a powerful analysis of its protagonist as the archetype of the modern hero. For over two centuries writers and critics have viewed Hamlet's persona as a fascinating blend of self-consciousness, guilt, and wit. Yet in order to understand more deeply the modernity of this Shakespearean hero, Welsh first situates Hamlet within the context of family and mourning as it was presented in other revenge tragedies of Shakespeare's time. Revenge, he maintains, appears as a function of mourning rather than an end in its.
- Subject(s)
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616—Influence
- Hamlet (Legendary character)
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Anglais & Français
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Hamlet (Shakespeare, William)
- 1800-1999
- Fiction—19th century—History and criticism
- Fiction—20th century—History and criticism
- Modernism (Literature)
- Heroes in literature
- Roman—19e siècle—Histoire et critique
- Roman—20e siècle—Histoire et critique
- Hamlet (Personnage légendaire)
- Modernisme (Littérature)
- Héros dans la littérature
- TRAVEL—Special Interest—Literary
- LITERARY CRITICISM—General
- Fiction
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Hamlet (literaire figuur)
- Interpretatie
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 1400814804 (electronic bk.)
9781400814800 (electronic bk.)
9781400824120
1400824125
0691050937 (alk. paper)
9780691050935 - Digital File Characteristics
- text file
PDF - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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