Hamlet's Perfection

by William Kerrigan

Book Overview

In this lively study, Kerrigan celebrates both Hamlet's perfection, the character's creation of new ideals out of an inheritance of disillusionment, and Hamlet's perfection, the play's brilliance as Shakespeare's greatest tragedy. Kerrigan's approach reflects his interests in literary formalism, historical scholarship, intellectual history, and psychoanalysis. In an overview of the history of Hamlet criticism, Kerrigan argues that recent critics have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801854687
• ISBN13: 9780801854682
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"