What Happens in Hamlet (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521091091)

John Dover Wilson's What Happens in Hamlet is a classic of Shakespeare criticism. First published in 1935, it is still being read throughout the English-speaking world and has been widely translated. Hamlet has excited more curiosity and aroused more debate than any other play ever written. Is Hamlet really mad? Does he really see his father's ghost, or is it an illusion? Is the ghost good or bad? What does it all mean? Dover Wilson brings out the significance of each part of the complex action, against the background. His analysis of the play emphasises Shakespeare's dramatic art and shows how the play must be seen and heard to be understood. This is a readable, entertaining and scholarly book.

Author: J. Dover Wilson
ISBN-10: 0521091098
ISBN-13: 9780521091091
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/02/1951
Pages: 380
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.29h x 4.90w x 0.86d