Hamlet and Lameth

Author / Editor
Brijak, Vladimir.

Title
Hamlet and Lameth

Published
N&Q 256 (2011): 247-54.

Description
References to "Lameth" in WBT and SqT comprise links in a sturdy chain connecting the tragic actions of Shakespeare's prince of Denmark to Lamech, a "(pseudo-)biblical figure associated with murder, rage, and vengeance."

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Wife of Bath and Her Tale
Squire and His Tale