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Author Corum, Richard, author

Title Understanding Hamlet : a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents / Richard Corum
Published Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 271 pages) : illustrations
Series The Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series, 1074-598X
Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series. 1074-598X
Contents Introduction -- Method and Social Geography -- Theatre and Tragedy -- Literary Analysis: Hamlet's Options -- Man, Melancholy, and Suicide -- Enter Ghost ... Exit Ghost -- Revenge () the Crime -- Antic Dispositions: The Hero as Fool -- Gertrude, Thy Name Is Woman -- Over Ophelia's Dead Body -- Conclusion
Summary The author of this text 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. The work aims to provide contexts for understanding "Hamlet"'s melancholy, and the theme for revenge
Analysis Litteratur Engelsk, amerikansk litteratur
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet -- Examinations -- Study guides
Hamlet (Legendary character) -- Sources
Hamlet (Legendary character) fast (OCoLC)fst00950776
Hamlet (Shakespeare, William) fast (OCoLC)fst01356128
Subject Literature and history -- England -- History -- 16th century -- Sources
Princes in literature -- Sources
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
Examinations.
Literature.
Literature and history.
Princes in literature.
Hamlet, prince of Denmarke (Shakespeare)
SUBJECT Denmark -- In literature -- Sources
Subject Denmark.
England.
Genre/Form History.
Sources.
Study guides.
Study guides.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0313007780
9780313007781
0313298777
9780313298776
1280869046
9781280869044
9786610869046
6610869049