Added by: aidsami | Karma: 1662.05 | Fiction literature | 6 December 2019
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Hamlet: The Comedy
Hamlet, the Comedy contains the events of Shakespeare’s famous play, but as seen through the eyes of Amundi, court jester at the time. Amundi and his companions try figure out the meaning of it all, and if, indeed, it has meaning. This, in a milieu of treachery, revenge, and threats of war.
Taught by Seth Lerer 24 lectures Seth Lerer is the Avalon Foundation Professor in Humanities and Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Stanford University. He served as Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature from 1997 to 2000. Dr. Lerer earned his B.A. from Wesleyan University, a second B.A. from Oxford University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Prior to taking his position at Stanford, he taught at Princeton University. In 1996, he was the Hurst Visiting Professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
This book provides a new interpretation of the nature of Old Comedy and its place at the heart of Athenian democratic politics. Professor Sidwell argues that Aristophanes and his rivals belonged to opposing political groups, each with their own political agenda.
