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Hamlet in Purgatory
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Presents an 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. This book explores the adventure narratives, ghost stories, pilgrimages, and imagery by which a belief in a grisly prison house of souls had been shaped and reinforced in the Middle Ages.
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Hamlet in Purgatory, Stephen Greenblatt
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- 2013
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- Title
- Hamlet in Purgatory
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Stephen Greenblatt
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Released
- 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0691160244
- ISBN13
- 9780691160245
- Category
- Social sciences, Textbooks, University and college textbooks
- Description
- Presents an 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. This book explores the adventure narratives, ghost stories, pilgrimages, and imagery by which a belief in a grisly prison house of souls had been shaped and reinforced in the Middle Ages.