Evolving Hamlet: Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy and the Ethics of Natural Selection

209 Pages·2011·2.7 MB·English

by  Angus Fletcher

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Cognitive Studies in Literature
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Literature, Science, and a New Humanities
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EVOLVING HAMLET
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1. English drama (Tragedy)—History and criticism. 2. English drama— ver
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Contents
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Introduction: The Descent of Ethics 1 et i
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comradeship; and Madeline Puzo for the gift of theater. I owe Sarah bibli
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and my sisters, Ashley, Katrina, and Joanna, for a glimpse of the sitet
good life. And I owe Lawrence Manley for his patient care and er
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