‘Hyperion’s curls, the front of Jove himself’ (3.4.56): mythological portraits in Hamlet’s closet scene

The article shows how Renaissance humanism — the rediscovery of classical learning — is dramatised in Hamlet to pit an idealised past against a corrupted present. It focuses on the ‘closet scene’ (3.4), that, for the benefit of Gertrude’s eyes — and the audience’s —, represents Hamlet’s father, a so...

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Hovedforfatter:	Lafont, Agnès
Format:	Artigo
Sprog:	Inglês
Udgivet:	IRCL (UMR 5186) CNRS/Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 2024
Fag:	William Shakespeare Hamlet Gertrude humanism closet scene portraits matricidal impulse humanisme pulsion matricide
Online adgang:	https://doi.org/10.4000/11njg https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/11njg https://journals.openedition.org/asf/8352
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