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dc.contributor.authorHolderness, G.
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-17T15:15:57Z
dc.date.available2011-01-17T15:15:57Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.identifier.citationHolderness , G 2002 , The Prince of Denmark . University of Hertfordshire Press .
dc.identifier.isbn1902806123
dc.identifier.isbn9781902806129
dc.identifier.otherdspace: 2299/5160
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/5160
dc.descriptionFull text of this book is not available in the UHRA.
dc.description.abstractThis fictional re-writing of the Hamlet story is set in a time somewhere between the Scandinavian Dark Ages (out of which the tale of Hamlet came), and the Renaissance society of Shakespeare's play. The novel searches past and future, in T.S. Eliot phrase, looking before and after. Beginning at the end of Shakespeare's play, where the Norweigian prince Fortinbras takes over the empty throne of Denmark, its then backtracks to the year of Hamlet's birth, and the great duel fought between his father King Amled and Fortinbras' father Prince Fortenbrasse. in the light of this history, as a new ruler takes over Denmark after Hamlet's death, the conflicts and alliances between ancient Viking chivalry, Renaissance realpolitik and Christian forgiveness are dramatically explored.en
dc.format.extent240
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Hertfordshire Press
dc.titleThe Prince of Denmarken
dc.contributor.institutionEnglish Literature and Creative Writing
dc.contributor.institutionSocial Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Humanities
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