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Misremembering Hamlet at Elsinore

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Hamlet and Emotions

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Memory is a persistent theme in Hamlet. In the play, memories mobilise emotions and, through them, instigate actions. Memories of previous Hamlets are evoked in performance, whether deliberately, unwittingly, or even deceptively. In order to better understand the multiple functions of memory in Hamlet, this essay considers Hamlet Live, a reduced, promenade version of the play performed at Kronborg Castle, Hamlet’s Elsinore, drawing on approaches including Pierre Nora’s lieux de mémoire, Virginia Woolf’s literary pilgrimage, Marvin Carlson’s spatial haunting, Edward Soja’s Thirdspace, Gertrude Stein’s syncopated time, and Rebecca Schneider’s historical reenactment.

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  1. The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia

    Kathryn Prince

  2. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Kathryn Prince

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  1. ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia

    Paul Megna

  2. ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia

    Bríd Phillips

  3. ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia

    R. S. White

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Prince, K. (2019). Misremembering Hamlet at Elsinore. In: Megna, P., Phillips, B., White, R.S. (eds) Hamlet and Emotions. Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03795-6_13

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