Hamlet and the Vision of Darkness
Rhodri Lewis
(Author)
Description
An acclaimed new interpretation of Shakespeare's Hamlet
Hamlet and the Vision of Darkness is a radical new interpretation of the most famous play in the English language. By exploring Shakespeare's engagements with the humanist traditions of early modern England and Europe, Rhodri Lewis reveals a Hamlet unseen for centuries: an innovative, coherent, and exhilaratingly bleak tragedy in which the governing ideologies of Shakespeare's age are scrupulously upended. Recovering a work of far greater magnitude than the tragedy of a young man who cannot make up his mind, Lewis shows that in Hamlet, as in King Lear, Shakespeare confronts his audiences with a universe that received ideas are powerless to illuminate--and where everyone must find their own way through the dark.Product Details
Price
$29.95
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publish Date
April 14, 2020
Pages
392
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.2 X 1.0 inches | 1.4 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780691204512
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Rhodri Lewis is Senior Research Scholar in English at Princeton University. He is the author of Language, Mind, and Nature: Artificial Languages in England from Bacon to Locke and William Petty on the Order of Nature.
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One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018