Stephen Greenblatt has been at the centre of a major shift in literary interpretation towards a critical method that places cultural creation in history. In this book he asks how collective beliefs and experiences are shaped, moved from one medium to another, concentrated in manageable form and offered to the public on the stage. As well as providing an original way of understanding Shakespeare's achievement, the book gives an analysis of the cultural process.
Stephen Greenblatt has been at the centre of a major shift in literary interpretation towards a critical method that places cultural creation in histo...
In Hamlet in Purgatory, renowned literary scholar Stephen Greenblatt delves into his longtime fascination with the ghost of Hamlet's father, and his daring and ultimately gratifying journey takes him through surprising intellectual territory. It yields an extraordinary account of the rise and fall of Purgatory as both a belief and a lucrative institution--as well as a capacious new reading of the power of Hamlet.
In the mid-sixteenth century, English authorities abruptly changed the relationship between the living and dead. Declaring that Purgatory was a false...
In Hamlet in Purgatory, renowned literary scholar Stephen Greenblatt delves into his longtime fascination with the ghost of Hamlet's father,...