Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Corruption in William Shakespeare's Hamlet / Vernon Elso Johnson, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010. - 172 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Social issues in literature series . - Social issues in literature. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Educated man / Religion, grief, and suicide / Death of a son and a father / Corruption in Denmark / Politics in Hamlet / Sickness in Denmark / Claudius turns the world mad / Corruption is a progressive, pervasive disease / Hamlet is corrupt, not Claudius / Corruption of reason / Corruption's effect on love / Corruption destroys a generation / Corruption creates economic inequality / Corruption in a global corporate empire / Corruption and the Pentagon / Torture and espionage / Exploiting clients and third world countries -- Justice politicized / John F. Andrews -- Peter Holland -- G.B. Harrison -- A.C. Bradley -- John Erskine Hankins -- Caroline F.E. Spurgeon -- Andrew Gurr -- Derek Antona Traversi -- G. Wilson Wright -- Juliet McLauchlan -- H.D.F Kitto -- Margreta de Grazia -- Daniel Brook -- Paul Kingsnorth -- Pratap Chatterjee -- Democracy now! -- Ron Scherer and Brendan Conway -- David Iglesias with Davin Seay.

ISBN: 9780737748093 (hardcover) 9780737748109 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2009041881

Subjects--Personal Names:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.
Hamlet (Legendary character) --Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political corruption in literature--Juvenile literature.

LC Class. No.: PR2807 / .C66 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 822.3/3