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1 online resource (266 pages) |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- 1 -- 2. Fear and Wonder -- 3. Something More than Fantasy -- 4. Fools of Nature -- 5. A Wave o' th' Sea -- 6. My Tables, My Tables -- 7. A King of Infinite Space -- 8. The Princes Hamlet -- Bibliography -- Index |
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"This book offers a new approach to the discussion of English Renaissance literary subjectivity. Dissatisfied with much New Historicist and Cultural Materialist criticism, it attempts to trace the history of the controversies of self. William Hazlitt emerges as a pioneering figure in a tradition of literary criticism which this book tries to advance. Drawing on the personal construct theory of George A. Kelly, and on the moral theory of Alasdair MacIntyre, the textual ways are traced by which 'That within' Hamlet is constructed. In an argument that challenges some of the founding propositions of New Historicist and Cultural Materialist practice, the Prince is seen to have a self-constituting, as opposed to a self-fashioning, sense of self. This sense of self is neither essentialist nor transhistorical; using the work of Charles Taylor, the play is seen to be exploring a Montaignesque, as opposed to Cartesian, notion of subjectivity. The controversies of self are, in fact, an issue within Shakespeare's play; and if the notion of Folio and Quarto Princes is allowed, it may even be an issue within the play. Hamlet debates our debate."--Jacket |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-251) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Psychology
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Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592 -- Influence
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Hamlet (Legendary character)
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Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592 fast |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Hamlet (Legendary character) fast |
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Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. swd |
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Hamlet (Shakespeare, William) fast |
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Subjectivity in literature.
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Psychology in literature.
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Self in literature.
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Tragedy.
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tragedies.
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tragedy (general genre)
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Psychology
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Psychology in literature
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Self in literature
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Subjectivity in literature
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Tragedy
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Subjektivität
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Hamlet, prince of Denmarke (Shakespeare)
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Zelf.
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Tragedy
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Tragedies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191674433 |
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0191674435 |
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