TY - BOOK ID - 12014537 TI - Hamlet's absent father PY - 1977 SN - 1400868858 0691063400 0691637571 9781400868858 9780691609256 PB - Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press DB - UniCat KW - Domestic drama, English -- History and criticism. KW - Drama -- Psychological aspects. KW - Fathers and sons in literature. KW - Psychoanalysis and literature -- England. KW - Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet. KW - Domestic drama, English KW - Psychoanalysis and literature KW - Fathers and sons in literature KW - Drama KW - English KW - Languages & Literatures KW - English Literature KW - History and criticism KW - Psychological aspects KW - Hamlet KW - Drama, Modern KW - Plays KW - Stage KW - Literature and psychoanalysis KW - Psychoanalytic literary criticism KW - English domestic drama KW - Philosophy KW - Amleth KW - Psychoanalysis in literature KW - Pères et fils dans la littérature KW - Psychanalyse dans la littérature KW - Pères et fils dans la littérature KW - Psychanalyse dans la littérature KW - Hamlet (Legendary character) KW - Psychological aspects. KW - History and criticism. KW - Shakespeare, William, KW - Shakespeare, William UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:12014537 AB - Avi Erlich finds that Hamlet deals not with repressed patricidal impulses but with a complex search, partially unconscious, for a strong father. Much more than he wants to have killed his father, Hamlet wants his father back and seeks a strong man with whom to identify. The playwright presents one ambivalent father figure after another, each an imitation or parody of the seemingly titanic king. Polonius, Osrick, Yorick, Old Fortinbras, Priam, Achilles, Horatio-these are a few versions ofthe father who bequeathed to his son his own ambivalence.Originally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. ER -