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Insightful analysis on Shakespeare’s defining duels of fate and conscience
This edition presents a clear, accessible look at George Henry Miles’s A Review of Hamlet, exploring how Hamlet and Macbeth confront power, guilt, and motive. It highlights how Miles frames pivotal scenes, drawing out the tension between action and hesitation, and between private resolve and public consequence.
Two short paragraphs frame Miles’s approach: he traces the dramatic logic of key exchanges, compares character psychology, and situates the plays within broader themes of justice, loyalty, and danger to the soul. The result is a focused critique that helps readers see why these works have haunted audiences for centuries.
- Clear explanations of major scenes, motives, and turning points.
- Contrast between Hamlet’s moral deliberation and Macbeth’s driven ambition.
- Discussion of tone, critique, and the author’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s craft.
- Accessible prose that supports readers new to criticism and those studying the plays in depth.
Ideal for readers of Shakespeare who want a thoughtful, direct companion to the plays and to this edition’s perspective on motive, action, and consequence.
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Miles was especially adapted to the work of dramatic criticism, for he was him self a practised writer and dramatist. At the age of twenty-four he had written a tragedy, Mohammed, which, against a hundred competitors, had gained the prize of one thousand dollars that was offered by Edwin Forrest, the great actor and philanthropist, for the best tragedy in five acts by an American writer. Five years later his tragedy of De Soto was pro duced by James E. Murdock, an eminent tragedian, and was performed in nearly all parts of the United States. After some years more of literary work in writing plays, novels, and poems, Miles accepted the Professorship of English Literature at the University of Mount St. Mary's, Maryland.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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This "Review of Shakespeare's Tragedy of Hamlet" was first published in 1870. Much attention was attracted to it because of the striking point of view from which it is written and its entirely novel and original interpretation of the character of Hamlet. Edwin Booth, the great actor, wrote a letter thanking Miles for this interpretation, which he adopted, and they became good friends. A great English critic has lately said of this Review: "But what strikes us most in the essay is, not only the intensity of the critic's sympathetic appreciation of the poet's work, but his penetrative insight into its essence. Whatever may be thought of its main thesis and of some of its minor contentions, no more vigorous, subtle, and original contribution to American Shakespearian criticism has ever been made."
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book centers on the enigmatic character of Hamlet, a master mind among literary figures. Renowned for its eloquence, this tragedy explores a complex war of words in which Hamlet's superb intellect triumphs over passion. The author delves into the character's strength, revealing that it's not Hamlet's indecisiveness that leads to his tragic end, but rather his task of fulfilling an unwelcome duty in a world fraught with uncertainty and despair. The book positions Hamlet within the broader context of Shakespearean tragedy, highlighting its unique exploration of themes such as madness, revenge, and the nature of justice. The author masterfully analyzes the depth of Hamlet's character and the significance of his soliloquies, revealing the universality of human experience and the enduring power of Shakespeare's insights. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781330944745_0
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