Chronology
Part I. Hamlet and the Renaissance: 1. The Renaissance context
2. Heroism in the Renaissance epic tradition
3. Tragedy and Renaissance man
4. The place of Hamlet in Shakespeare's career
Part II. The Tragedy of Hamlet: 5. The problem of Hamlet
6. Hamlet and the revenge play tradition
7. Hamlet and classical heroism
8. Hamlet and Christianity
9. Hamlet as tragic hero
10. The end of Hamlet
Part III. Dramatic and Poetic Technique: 11. The drama of Hamlet
12. The language of Hamlet
Part IV. The Heritage of Hamlet: 13. Hamlet in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
14. Hamlet in the nineteenth century
15. The comic Hamlet
16. Hamlet in the twentieth century
Works cited
Guide to further reading.
