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Hamlet

Approaching Shakespeare by Oxford University

Oct 23, 201246:08Education

The fact that father and son share the same name in Hamlet is used to investigate the play's nostalgia, drawing on biographical criticism and the religious and political history of early modern England.

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Hamlet is an episode from Approaching Shakespeare by Oxford University. The fact that father and son share the same name in Hamlet is used to investigate the play's nostalgia, drawing on biographical criticism and the religious and politica...

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Published Oct 23, 2012, 46:08 long, audio available.

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The fact that father and son share the same name in Hamlet is used to investigate the play's nostalgia, drawing on biographical criticism and the religious and political history of early modern England.

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Published Oct 23, 2012 and 46:08 long