
What Is It About Hamlet That Has Made It Such A Compelling And Vital Work? Murder Most Foul: Hamlet Through The Ages Is An Account Of Shakespeare's Great Play From Its Sources In Scandinavian Epic Lore To The Way It Was Performed And Understood In His Own Day, And Then How The Play Has Fared Down To The Present: Performances On Stage, Television, And In Film, Critical Evaluations, Publishing History, Spinoffs, Spoofs, Musical Adaptations, The Play's Growing Reputation, Its Influence On Writers And Thinkers, And The Ways In Which It Has Shaped The Very Language We Speak. The Staging, Criticism, And Editing Of Hamlet, David Bevington Argues, Go Hand In Hand Over The Centuries, To Such A Remarkable Extent That The History Of Hamlet Can Be Seen As A Kind Of Paradigm For The Cultural History Of The English-speaking World.
This work investigates the enduring cultural significance of Shakespeare's Hamlet by tracing its evolution from ancient source material to its status as a global literary and performance paradigm. David Bevington, a distinguished Shakespearean scholar, utilizes a comprehensive historical framework to analyze how the play's reception, staging, and critical interpretation have mirrored the broader cultural shifts within the English-speaking world over four centuries.
What You Will Find
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Scholars and students of Shakespeare frequently cite this work as a foundational resource for understanding the reception history of Hamlet. Readers often note the academic rigor and the breadth of Bevington's research, which effectively links theatrical performance to broader cultural trends.
Page Count:
256
Publication Date:
2011-01-01
Publisher:
Oup Oxford
ISBN-10:
0191618845
ISBN-13:
9780191618840
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