Hamlet

The fact that father and son share the same name in Hamlet is used to investigate the play's nostalgia, drawing on biographical criticism and the religious and political history of early modern England.
Date Published: 23 October 2012
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Contributors: Emma Smith
In Collection(s): William Shakespeare, Early Modern Drama on the Page and Stage
Keywords: Key Stage 5, lesson, Teaching, #greatwriters, theatre, play, language, english, literature, criticism, shakespeare
Cite: Hamlet by William Shakespeare at https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via https://dev.writersinspire.it.ox.ac.uk/content/hamlet. Published on 23 October 2012. Accessed on 15 May 2026.
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