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Hamlet in purgatory

Greenblatt, Stephen J. (Stephen Jay)2001
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Setting out to explain his longtime fascination with the ghost of Hamlet's father, Stephen Greenblatt provides an account of the rise and fall of purgatory as both a belief and a lucrative institution - as well as a new reading of the power of Hamlet.
Main title:
Hamlet in purgatory / Stephen Greenblatt.
Imprint:
Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2001.
Collation:
xii, 322p., [8]p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780691058733 (hbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
783966
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