Title: Hamlet as minister and scourge and other studies in Shakespeare and Milton /
Authors: Bowers, Fredson.
Publisher: University Press of Virginia,
Year: 1989
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, Criticism and interpretation.; Shakespeare, William,; Milton, John,; Hamlet
Contents: Death in victory : Shakespeare's tragic reconciliations -- Climax and protagonist in Shakespeare's dramatic structure -- Shakespeare's art : the point of view -- Shakespeare's dramatic vagueness -- Hamlet as minister and scourge -- Hamlet's fifth soliloquy -- The monent of final suspense in Hamlet : "We defy augury" -- The death of Hamlet : a study in plot and character -- Dramatic structure and criticism : plot in Hamlet -- Hamlet's "sullied" or "solid" flesh : a bibliographical case-history -- The structure of King Lear -- Theme and structure in King Henry IV, pt. I -- Milton's Samson Agonistes : justice and reconciliation.