On William Shakespeare's "Hamlet"
New Books in Western European Studies
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Is Hamlet the First Modern Work of Literature?
Is Hamlet the first modern work of literature? Does it represent a new consciousness emerging in Europe that made subjectivity different than what had come before? It became a national allegory for Germany from the late 18th century onwards. There was an amazing production in Beijing in 1990, which didn't mention Tiananmen Square. The other problem with reading Hamlet is all about psychology, rather than perhaps about consciousness.
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