Shakespeare: HamletCambridge University Press, 13. 5. 2004 - Počet stran: 101 In this useful guide, Paul Cantor provides a clearly structured introduction to Shakespeare's most famous tragedy. Cantor examines Hamlet's status as tragic hero and the central enigma of the delayed revenge in the light of the play's Renaissance context. He offers students a lucid discussion of the dramatic and poetic techniques used in the play. In the final chapter he deals with the uniquely varied reception of Hamlet on the stage and in literature generally from the seventeenth century to the present day. |
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Hamlet and the Renaissance | 1 |
2 Heroism in the Renaissance epic tradition | 5 |
3 Tragedy and Renaissance man | 11 |
4 The place of Hamlet in Shakespeares career | 15 |
The tragedy of Hamlet | 20 |
6 Hamlet and the revenge play tradition | 25 |
7 Hamlet and classical heroism | 30 |
8 Hamlet and Christianity | 37 |
Dramatic and poetic technique | 60 |
12 The language of Hamlet | 70 |
The heritage of Hamlet | 77 |
14 Hamlet in the nineteenth century | 79 |
15 The comic Hamlet | 82 |
16 Hamlet in the twentieth century | 85 |
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Guide to further reading | 95 |
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