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Metatheatrical Experience in Hamlet
Metatheatrical Experience in Hamlet

Author(s): Cornelia Macsiniuc
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: UNIVERSITATEA »ȘTEFAN CEL MARE« SUCEAVA
Keywords: Shakespeare; Hamlet; metadrama; truth vs. illusion; spectator; spectre;

Summary/Abstract: The article argues that one important aspect of Shakespeare’s modernity is his manifest concern with the relevance and possibilities of his own art, as highlighted in the analysis of the metadramatic dimension of Hamlet and of the paradoxes at the core of the theatrical experience.

  • Issue Year: XXVII/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 111-116
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English
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