Hamlet and the Vision of Darkness
Hardcover
Paperback
- Price:
- $29.95/£25.00
- ISBN:
- Published:
- Apr 14, 2020
- Pages:
- 392
- Size:
- 6.13 x 9.25 in.
ebook
Hamlet and the Vision of Darkness is a radical new interpretation of the most famous play in the English language. By exploring Shakespeare’s engagements with the humanist traditions of early modern England and Europe, Rhodri Lewis reveals a Hamlet unseen for centuries: an innovative, coherent, and exhilaratingly bleak tragedy in which the governing ideologies of Shakespeare’s age are scrupulously upended. Recovering a work of far greater magnitude than the tragedy of a young man who cannot make up his mind, Lewis shows that in Hamlet, as in King Lear, Shakespeare confronts his audiences with a universe that received ideas are powerless to illuminate—and where everyone must find their own way through the dark.
Awards and Recognition
- One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018
