The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 14.1470  Friday, 18 July 2003

From:           Al Magary <
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Date:           Thursday, 17 Jul 2003 23:19:16 -0700
Subject:        Bloom on Hamlet

Harold Bloom, apparently discontent with what he wrote about Hamlet in
_Shakespeare:  The Invention of the Human_ (Riverhead Books, 1999; 745
pp.) has just published what he describes as "a little book" just about
that play:  _Hamlet:  Poem Unlimited_ (same pub.; $19.95; 154 pp.).
He's interviewed, knowledgably and entertainingly by Jennie Rothenberg,
in The Atlantic's online site:

http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/interviews/int2003-07-16.htm

The following suffices as a summary:

Q:  With a play like Hamlet...

A:  The "like" is fascinating. There is no play like Hamlet.

Al Magary

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