The Renaissance Hamlet: Issues and Responses in 1600 - Princeton Legacy Library 116 by Roland Mushat Frye Details
Drawing on recent developments in historical knowledge, the author describes contemporary attitudes towards issues such as rebellion, conscience, murder, incest, punishment, and mourning. His investigation reveals a number of compelling…
Drawing on recent developments in historical knowledge, the author describes contemporary attitudes towards issues such as rebellion, conscience, murder, incest, punishment, and mourning. His investigation reveals a number of compelling new reasons for seeing Hamlet not as an unrestrained youth but as a strong and determined force in confronting the moral dilemmas of his time.
By understanding the play in the original terms, we find that it takes on the depth and new power of our own time. Originally published in 1984.
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