Is Hamlet a religious drama?
Subtitle: an essay on a question in Kierkegaard
By: Gene Fendt.
Series: Marquette studies in philosophy ;; no. 21; Marquette studies in philosophy ;; #21.
Publisher: Marquette University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Milwaukee
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Religion.; Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.; Religious drama, English -- History and criticism.; Christian drama, English -- History and criticism.; Hamlet (Legendary character); Religion and literature.; Religion in literature.; Ethics in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Preface; title: A philosophical puzzle; title: Some scholarly questions; title: Hamlet's questions; title: Is Hamlet a Christian tragedy?; title: The idea of religious drama; title: Ecstasy, economy, and Hamlet; title: Appendix 1: Kierkegaard's relation to Borne; title: Appendix 2: The pirate ship misses its cue; title: Appendix 3: A possible effect of dogmatic truth on art; title: Bibliography; title: Index.