Hamlet in His Modern Guises

by Alexander Welsh

Book Overview

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"