Looking for Hamlet

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781403970367 (hbk.)
ISBN: 140397036X (hbk.)
Physical Description: print
v, 230 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-222) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prehistory of Hamlet -- The three Hamlets -- Yorick's skull : relocating reality in Hamlet -- Dead son Hamlet -- Contrarians at the gate -- Hamlet among the Romantics : a brief history of grief -- "This distracted globe" : Hamlet and melancholy -- Hamlet among the moderns -- Postmodern Hamlet -- Looking for Hamlet.