Hamlet
Hamlet is the story of the Prince of Denmark who learns of the death of his father at the hands of his uncle, Claudius. Claudius murders Hamlet's father, his own brother, to take the throne of Denmark and to marry Hamlet's widowed mother. Hamlet is sunk into a state of great despair as a result of discovering the murder of his father and the infidelity of his mother. Hamlet is torn between his great sadness and his desire for the revenge of his father's murder. The aim of this book is to ensure…
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- Full title :Hamlet; / edited by Bernard Lott.
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Hamlet is the story of the Prince of Denmark who learns of the death of his father at the hands of his uncle, Claudius. Claudius murders Hamlet's father, his own brother, to take the throne of Denmark and to marry Hamlet's widowed mother. Hamlet is sunk into a state of great despair as a result of discovering the murder of his father and the infidelity of his mother. Hamlet is torn between his great sadness and his desire for the revenge of his father's murder. The aim of this book is to ensure that readers fully understand and appreciate the play. It gives very detailed explanations of the text: points of difficulty often taken for granted or touched on inconclusively are here treated at length. The content of the play, its historical, social and philosophical bases, and the conventions implied in the way characters react to one another may be strange to many readers.
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- Publication Date:1968.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Longmans
- Place of Publication:Harlow
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1968.
The Physical Object
- Description:239 pages : illustrations : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0582527422, 9780582527423, 0582527414, 9780582527416
- oclc:ocm00138796
- LC Classification:PR2807.A2
- Dewey Decimal:822.3/3
Table of Contents
Introduction ---- PART I. 1. The significance of Hamlet today --- 2. The Elizabethans and Hamlet --- 3. The revenge tragedy --- 4. Sources of the play --- 5. The theatre of Shakespeareʹs day --- 6. The language of the play ---- PART II. 7. Language difficulties --- 8. The provenance of Hamlet: the extant texts --- 9. The principal characters in Hamlet --- 10. Shakespeareʹs life --- 11. A few passages of literary criticism relating to Hamlet.
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