Dostoevsky's Hamlet in Nineteenth-Century Russia

Dostoevsky uses Hamlet to address some of the most important problems in Russian culture in the second half of the 19th century. Approaching Dostoevsky''s engagement with Shakespeare through a focus on his novel, Demons, Petra Bjelica considers the figure of Hamlet as it connects to Russian national identity, spirituality and cultural migration.

Bjelica argues that Russian Hamletism is a perfect ex...