Hamlet in His Modern Guises

by Alexander Welsh

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691050937

ISBN13:9780691050935

Release Date:February 2001

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:190 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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