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Hamlet: Fold on Fold
Gabriel Josipovici
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Description for Hamlet: Fold on Fold
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
William Shakespeare's Hamlet is probably the best-known and most commented upon work of literature in Western culture. The paradox is that it is at once utterly familiar and strangely elusive—very like our own selves, argues Gabriel Josipovici in this stimulating and original study. Moreover, our desire to master this elusiveness, to “pluck the heart out of its mystery,” as Hamlet himself says, precisely mirrors what is going on in the play; and what Shakespeare's play demonstrates is that to conceive human character (and works of art) in this way is profoundly misguided.
Rather than rushing to conclusions or ... Read more
William Shakespeare's Hamlet is probably the best-known and most commented upon work of literature in Western culture. The paradox is that it is at once utterly familiar and strangely elusive—very like our own selves, argues Gabriel Josipovici in this stimulating and original study. Moreover, our desire to master this elusiveness, to “pluck the heart out of its mystery,” as Hamlet himself says, precisely mirrors what is going on in the play; and what Shakespeare's play demonstrates is that to conceive human character (and works of art) in this way is profoundly misguided.
Rather than rushing to conclusions or ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
523g
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300218329
SKU
V9780300218329
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About Gabriel Josipovici
Gabriel Josipovici is the author of sixteen published novels, eleven nonfiction titles, six short story collections, and several radio plays. He is currently research professor at the Graduate School of Humanities, University of Sussex, in the United Kingdom.
Reviews for Hamlet: Fold on Fold
“His first book on Shakespeare and it is typically original… Josipovici is such a great critic because he has a nose for the big questions and for what doesn’t work as an answer. Best of all, he reads carefully and asks the right questions.”—David Herman, Jewish Chronicle
David Herman
Jewish Chronicle
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David Herman
Jewish Chronicle
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