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dc.contributor.authorHolderness, G.
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-10T08:54:16Z
dc.date.available2010-08-10T08:54:16Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationHolderness , G 2005 , ' Vanishing point: looking for Hamlet ' , Shakespeare , vol. 1 , pp. 154-173 . https://doi.org/10.1080/17450910500399273
dc.identifier.issn1745-0918
dc.identifier.otherdspace: 2299/4733
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/4733
dc.descriptionOriginal article can be found at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t714579626 Copyright Taylor and Francis/ Informa
dc.description.abstract‘If the Mona Lisa is in the Louvre’, asked F.W. Bateson, ‘where is Hamlet?’ (74). The distinction is a common one in aesthetics, between the autographic and the allographic work (McLaverty 87). A painting (or sculpture) is unique, singular, atemporal, created directly by the artist, and can be forged as well as copied. A work of literature (or music) is plural, temporal, consists physically of things not made by the artist, is performed by others, and cannot be forged, only imitated, approximated, copied. ‘If the Mona Lisa is burnt, we say the work is lost, no matter how many copies remain … but an author's manuscripts may come (that is, be rediscovered) and go without any necessary effect on the existence of the work of art’ (McLaverty 85). When it comes to works of literature, ‘We have no originals’, as Jonathan Goldberg said, ‘only copies’ (213).en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofShakespeare
dc.titleVanishing point: looking for Hamleten
dc.contributor.institutionEnglish Literature and Creative Writing
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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