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Hamlet: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition, Volume 1

Hardback

Main Details

Title Hamlet: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition, Volume 1
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Hardin Aasand
Series edited by Professor Brian Vickers
Series edited by Joseph Candido
SeriesShakespeare: The Critical Tradition
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:456
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreLiterary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9781474257015
ClassificationsDewey:822.33
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint The Arden Shakespeare
Publication Date 1 December 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies, studied and performed around the world. This new volume in Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition increases our knowledge of how Shakespeare's plays were received and understood by critics, editors and general readers. It traces the course of Hamlet criticism, from the earliest items of recorded criticism to the latter half of the Victorian period. The focus of the documentary material is from the late 18th century to the late 19th century. Thus the volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism surrounding it as they have developed from century to century. The introduction constitutes an important chapter of literary history, tracing the entire critical career of Hamlet from the beginnings to the present day. The volume features criticism from leading literary figures, such as Henry James, Anna Jameson, Victor Hugo, Thomas Carlyle, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Mary Cowden Clarke. The chronological arrangement of the text-excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, whereas the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods. Thus the volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism surrounding it as they have developed from century to century.

Author Biography

Hardin Aasand is Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English and Linguistics at Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA.