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Title: What Happens in Hamlet by J. Dover Wilson ISBN: 0-521-09109-8 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 31 December, 1951 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Find and readThe Heart of Hamlet in addition to this book
Comment: While Wilson's book is an interesting and worthwhile read, a far better book is The Heart of Hamlet by Bernard Grebanier (now sadly out of print). By a close reading of the play, particularly in terms of plot structure, coupled with a knowledge of the Elizabethan mind, Grebanier convincingly dismantles many of Wilson's interpretations. Some of Grebanier's major points, which are opposed to Wilson (and many commentators): Hamlet is not mad and never pretends to be; Hamlet does not procrastinate or hesitate, except for good reason; his tragic flaw is that not that he hesitates (or can't make up his mind) but that he is too rash; Hamlet is a man of action, capable of brutality, caught in extraordinary circumstances, not an etherial, delicate romantic philosopher; "To be or not to be" is not about suicide.
Having studied the play, reading many commentaries on it prior to directing it, I found Grabanier's book to be generally (not always) on target, where Wilson's left me very unsatisfied. Read both, and make up your own mind.
Rating: 5
Summary: A real discovery for a non-english speaking reader
Comment: For many years I questioned myself about Shakespeare's greatness and I did not find any answer in italian translations , perhaps because of the treachery nature of the translation itself: the Wilson's precise and meticulous analysis of Hamlet's tragedy enabled me to fully appreciate plot,carachters, and witty shakespearean art.
I strongly recommend this book to beginners, expecially of non-english-native language
Rating: 5
Summary: The Road to Elsinore
Comment: A magnificent book! I'm so glad they came out with a new edition of this book so I had the chance to purchase it (even if I was a bit dismayed to see Mel Gibson on the cover instead of Kenneth Branagh)! My friend had the older edition, which I borrowed frequently while taking a Shakespeare course. Each scene is covered in depth, almost like a summary. It might actually be better titled "What Happens TO Hamlet" because once you finish the book, you feel like you know the man! Great for any student of Shakespeare, or for that matter, anyone interested in Shakespeare or the Prince of Denmark at all!
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Title: Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear & Macbeth (New Shakespeare Library) by A. C. Bradley ISBN: 0140530193 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Everybody's Shakespeare: Reflections Chiefly on the Tragedies by Maynard Mack ISBN: 0803282141 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Shakespeare's Imagery and What it Tells Us by Caroline F. E. Spurgeon ISBN: 0521092582 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 02 January, 1935 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Wheel of Fire (Routledge Classics) by George Wilson Knight, T. S. Eliot ISBN: 0415253950 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 18 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Hamlet: Poem Unlimited by Harold Bloom ISBN: 157322233X Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: 10 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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