Piotr Sadowski

Histrionic Hamlet (eBook, ePUB)

Shakespeare's Ultimate Metatheatrical Experiment

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An original intervention in the critical history of Shakespeare's most famous play, Histrionic Hamlet argues that the Danish Prince is a stage representation of a histrionic personality, incongruously thrown in the middle of ruthless high-stakes power struggle.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040127421
• Artikelnr.: 72290184

Autorenporträt

Piotr Sadowski is a lecturer in Humanities in the Department of Film and Creative Media at Dublin Business School, Ireland. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of English, Trinity College, Dublin. Sadowski is the author of several books on medieval and Renaissance literature, film history, and cognitive semiotics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Between drama and life

1. "And all men and women merely players": Social role playing and theatrical acting

2. "Report me and my cause aright to the unsatisfied": Audiences and critics

3. "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder!": Hamlet versus pragmatic avengers

4. "How is it that the clouds still hang on you?": Hamlet's teen angst

5. "This fellow in the cellarage": Hamlet and the Ghost

6. "Doubt truth to be a liar": The melancholy lover

7. "Will you see the players well bestowed": Hamlet in his element

8. "The play's the thing": Hamlet's unfortunate theatrical experiment

9. "There's letters sealed": Hamlet's nemesis

10. "The rest is silence": The dénouement