{"product_id":"the-ghosts-of-hamlet-the-play-and-modern-writers-paperback-9780521135528","title":"The Ghosts of Hamlet; The Play and Modern Writers (Paperback) 9780521135528","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Ghosts of Hamlet\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Play and Modern Writers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis study approaches Hamlet through its influence on the work of some writers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMartin Scofield (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521135528, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 4 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIf the aim of criticism is, in Arnold's phrase, 'to see the object as in itself it really is', what 'is' Hamlet, when every age has seen the play quite differently? Despite certain notable accounts, there is no single reading that seems to have interpreted the play for our time. This book approaches the play through its influence on the work of some writers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Separate chapters show their different responses to Hamlet either as an object of their direct criticism or as a source of myth, symbol, mask and allusion in their own creative works. The aspects of Hamlet that preoccupy the different writers are reflected in their literature. They provide a new perspective in which to see the writers themselves, and contribute to the author's own critical reading of Hamlet in Part II.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Modern Writers and the Ghosts of Hamlet: Introduction: Hamlet, criticism and creation\u003cbr\u003e 1. 'Bounded in a nutshell…king of infinite space': Stéphane Mallarmé\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'What may this mean?': Claudel and Valéry\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'Your only jig-maker': Jules Laforgue\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'Taint not thy mind': T. S. Eliot\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'Methinks I see my father': Joyce's Ulysses\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'To be or not to be': D. H. Lawrence\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'O my prophetic soul': Søren Kierkegaard\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'Bad dreams': Franz Kafka\u003cbr\u003e 9. Hamlet and modern literature\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Perception, Authority, and Identity: a Reading of Hamlet\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001355784472,"sku":"9780521135528","price":29.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521135528i_81c7fcdb-1d98-41a8-bc7f-6c4f69ec136c.jpg?v=1691372219","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-ghosts-of-hamlet-the-play-and-modern-writers-paperback-9780521135528","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}