'Sore Distraction': Hamlet, Augustine and Time

This article argues that Shakespeare's Hamlet is shaped by Augustinian concepts of time. Like Augustine, Hamlet laments the 'sore distraction' of temporal existence, highlighting the painful manner in which chronological time undermines being. I nevertheless argue that Hamlet moves aw...

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Main Author: Baker, Naomi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2018]
In: Literature and theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 32, Issue: 4, Pages: 381-396
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
VA Philosophy
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