"'The Rotten State of Denmark': The Discourse of Reason of State in Shakespeare's Hamlet" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo597/ Author: Aloui, Amira. Type: Journal Article Year: 2021 Publication Information: Polish Journal of English Studies 7, no. 1 (2021): 7–19. (https://pjes.edu.pl/issues/7-1-2021/) Annotation: Suggests that Hamlet demonstrates raison d'état (reason of state) rather than "traditional humanist Christian discourse of politics." English summary, 7.  Language: English Tags: Hamlet, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism WSB Update: Summer 2025 WSB Record Number: bbbo597