Hamlet : Language and Writing

Dympna Callaghan

ISBN 10: 1408154897 / ISBN 13: 9781408154892

Verlag: Continnuum-3PL, 2015

Beschreibung

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This lively and informative guide reveals Hamlet as marking a turning point in Shakespeare's use of language and dramatic form as well as addressing the key problem at the play's core: Hamlet's inaction. It also looks at recent critical approaches to the play and its theatre history, including the recent David Tennant / RSC Hamlet on both stage and TV screen.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781408154892

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Hamlet : Language and Writing
• Verlag: Continnuum-3PL
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1408154897
• ISBN-13: 9781408154892
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

A new type of study guide which combines an exploration of Shakespeare's language with specific help for students looking to develop their own critical responses and skills. This lively and informative guide uses close reading of Hamlet's complex language to explore its themes and plot.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dympna Callaghan is William L. Safire Professor of Modern Letters in the Department of English at Syracuse University. She has published widely on the playwrights and poets of the English Renaissance and was President of the Shakespeare Association of America in 2012-13. Callaghan has held fellowships at the Folger, Huntington and Newberry Libraries, at the Getty Research Centre in Los Angeles, and, most recently, at the Bogliasco Center for Arts and Humanities in Liguria, Italy.