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TY  - JOUR
VL  - 39
IS  - no. 6
T2  - PN Review
SP  - 33-37
ID  - bbbc1988
T1  - "Hamlet in the Cold War: Zbigniew Herbert's 'Elegy of Fortinbras' and its Contexts"
AU  - Corcoran, Neil
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2026
LA  - English
AB  - Explores "the figuration of Hamlet in a poet reading himself and his contemporary culture into, through and out of the play and its hero, and now at a moment of wholly modern political stress" in Zbigniew Herbert's "Elegy of Fortinbras" and C. P. Cavafy's "King Claudius." Suggests that these poems are more than just allegories and engage with a variety of sources including Hamlet, critical writings about Hamlet, and contemporary political situations.
ER  -