Hamlet and the Vision of Darkness

"Lewis's absorbing and original Hamlet and the Vision of Darkness is the first major reinterpretation of the play in some time. . . . Lewis's brilliant analysis here gives fresh meaning to long-familiar if half-understood phrases."—James Shapiro, New York Review of Books

"Lewis's deeply researched monograph repays close attention."—Jonathan Bate, Times Literary Supplement

"Extraordinary learning and critical insight. . . . Endlessly productive, exciting, and original."—David Bevington, Renaissance Quarterly

"A wonderful book. . . . It's a volume that all prospective producers of the play should examine assiduously."—Barry Gillard, The Australian

"A work of tremendous erudition. . . . With highly original but also extensively documented discussions of nearly every line and textual crux, it has the impact of a variorum."—Heather Hirschfeld, Modern Philology