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Hamlet's Absent Father
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Hamlet's Absent Father
Contributors:
By (Author) Avi Erlich
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800
Dewey:
822.33
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
324
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
624g
Description
Avi Erlich finds that Hamlet deals not with repressed patricidal impulses but with a complex search, partially unconscious, for a strong father. Much more than he wants to have killed his father, Hamlet wants his father back and seeks a strong man with whom to identify. The playwright presents one ambivalent father figure after another, each an imi
