J. Dover Wilson

What Happens in Hamlet

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

John Dover Wilson's What Happens in Hamlet is a classic of Shakespeare criticism. The author critiques as well as brings out the significance of each part of the play. His analysis emphasises Shakespeare's dramatic art and shows how the play must be seen and heard to be understood. This is a readable, entertaining and scholarly book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 3. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9780521091091
• ISBN-10: 0521091098
• Artikelnr.: 21053944

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to third edition
Preface to second edition
A letter by Mr Harold Child on some recent productions of Hamlet
Preface to first edition
1. The road to Elsinore: being an epistle dedicatory to Dr W. W. Greg
2. The tragic burden
3. Ghost or devil?
4. Antic disposition
5. The multiple mouse-trap
6. Hamlet's make-up
7. Failure and triumph
Appendixes
Notes to the second edition
Index of passages from Hamlet quoted or discussed
General index.