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Preface

Chapter 1

Hamlet Q&A

Hamlet Timeline

Hamlet Links

About the Author

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Abstract and Brief Chronicles of the Time

There are dozens of references to days, dates, times, and durations in Hamlet. Time is right up there with decay and mortality in any list of the play's obsessions. Chapter Two explores the play’s chronology in detail.

The chart below gives a quick idea of what's covered.

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More details. This chronology is explored in much greater depth in a scholarly version of Chapter Two, published in the peer-reviewed journal, Early Modern Literary Studies.