00964cam a2200181 a 4500020002600000020002200026020001800048082001700066100003500083245004600118250001200164260005100176300001500227440003400242520043600276650001300712856005700725  a0521840031 (hardback)  a052154937X (pbk.)  a978052184003300a822.3bCAN-S1 aCantor, Paul A.q(Paul Arthur)10aShakespeare:b Hamlet /cPaul  A. Cantor.  a2nd ed.  aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2004.  axi, 101p.; 0aLandmarks of world literature  aIn this useful guide, Paul Cantor provides a clearly structured introduction to Shakespeare's most famous tragedy. After examining Hamlet's status as tragic hero and central enigma of delayed revenge in light of the play's Renaissance context, Cantor discusses its dramatic and poetic techniques. He considers the uniquely varied reception of the play on the stage and in literature from the seventeenth century to the present day. 0aTragedy.41uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam041/2003069752.html