The Question of Hamlet

By Harry Levin

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195006216
• ISBN13: 9780195006216
• Release Date: January 1959
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Let us look at Hamlet as others see him.

This looks like a lightweight book on seeing Hamlet in a different light. However, right from the get-go, the Author says he extrapolates his information from several well-known critical sources. This book is not the endpoint but the beginning of a study of Shakespeare and Hamlet. We find quotes from many popular people in several literary fields. Be prepared to do a double take, as you must finish each paragraph to figure out what the title sentence is all about. A sample from the Presupposition: “When Hamlet points out a cloud to Polonius, with his hyphenated categories, his objection to certain objectives, and his fondness for others, he is a typical critic. His response to what might be called Hamlet’s ink-blot-test his argument that the cloud resembles now a weasel, then a camel, and again a whale-succinctly foreshadows the process of interpreting the play.” The version I read is the Compass Books C78 issued in 1961.