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Questions of Authority : a Reading of Hamlet.
This book studies the questions of authority and authorship in William Shakespeare's problematic masterpiece Hamlet. It argues that the Bard seeks to eternalize himself through his play, that Hamlet dramatizes the authorial quest for sempiternity. As the epigraph to this book indicates, authors...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book studies the questions of authority and authorship in William Shakespeare's problematic masterpiece Hamlet. It argues that the Bard seeks to eternalize himself through his play, that Hamlet dramatizes the authorial quest for sempiternity. As the epigraph to this book indicates, authors have since the age of the pyramids - and probably before it - sought to live forever. Shakespeare was no exception. However, his medium, that of theatre, is usually associated with the present.This book approaches the strategies of authorial survival from a perspective that is theoretically and historic. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 1443892882 9781443892889 |