Looking for Hamlet /

Looking for Hamlet /

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Author / Creator:	Hunt, Marvin W.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Description:	v, 230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. -- Hamlet. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. Hamlet -- (Legendary character) Hamlet (Shakespeare, William) Hamlet (Legendary character) Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6667107

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ISBN:	9781403970367 140397036X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-222) and index.
Summary:	Setting itself apart from the usual discussions about Hamlet, Hunt here demonstrates that Hamlet is much more than we take him to be. Much more than the sum of his parts--more than just tragic, sexy youth and more than just vain cruelty--Hamlet is a reflection of our own aspirations and neuroses. This book investigates the many searches for Hamlet, from their origins in Danish mythology through the complex problems of early printed texts, through the centuries of shifting interpretations of the young prince to our own time, when Hamlet is more compelling and perplexing than ever before.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Prehistory of Hamlet
2. The Three Hamlets
3. Yorick's Skull: Relocating Reality in Hamlet
4. Dead Son Hamlet
The Man in Black: Gallery One
5. Contrarians at the Gate
6. Hamlet among the Romantics: A Brief History of Grief
7. "This Distracted Globe": Hamlet and Melancholy
8. Hamlet among the Moderns
The Man in Black: Gallery Two
9. Postmodern Hamlet
10. Looking for Hamlet
Bibliographic Essay
Index