Mousetrap: Structure and Meaning in Hamlet

P.J. Aldus

Published by University of Toronto Press 1977

Mousetrap

Structure and Meaning in Hamlet

P.J. Aldus

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https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442656246

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This is a study of Hamlet as literary myth, a figurative mode of art in which structure is basic; yet primal myth, myth in the larger, non-literary sense, becomes part of it too, because the substance of Hamlet seems to be of this kind.

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Aldus P.J. :

P.J. Aldus holds degrees from the University of Detroit, the University of Michigan, and the University of Chicago. He has taught in several colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. He now lives in Lower Waasis, New Brunswick, where he divides his time between restoring an old farmhouse and pursuing further critical inquiries.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
PART ONE. Tools
1. Myth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
2. Literary myth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
PART TWO. Exhumation
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4. Killers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
5. Players Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
6. Dream travellers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
7. Mousetrap Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
8. Myths Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
9. Rituals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
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Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Copyright year: 1977
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 252

eBook

Published: December 15, 1977
ISBN: 9781442656246