Piotr Sadowski

Histrionic Hamlet

Shakespeare's Ultimate Metatheatrical Experiment

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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 Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781032827605
• ISBN-10: 1032827602
• Artikelnr.: 70371974

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