Hamlet in Purgatory

Greenblatt's study of the ghost of Hamlet's father and purgatory

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First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 24 × 16cm, xii + 322pp.

Stephen Greenblatt sets out to explain his longtime fascination with the ghost of Hamlet's father, and his daring and ultimately gratifying journey takes him through surprising intellectual territory. It yields an extraordinary account of the rise and fall of Purgatory as both a belief and a lucrative institution—as well as a capacious new reading of the power of Hamlet.

Condition

This copy is in very good condition.

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9780691058733