"Lewis's absorbing and original Hamlet and the Vision of Darkness is the first major reinterpretation of the play in some time. Lewis's brilliant analysis here gives fresh meaning to long-familiar if half-understood phrases." --James Shapiro, New York Review of Books "Lewis's deeply researched monograph repays close attention." --Jonathan Bate, Times Literary Supplement "Extraordinary learning and critical insight. Endlessly productive, exciting, and original." --David Bevington, Renaissance Quarterly "A wonderful book. It's a volume that all prospective producers of the play should examine assiduously." --Barry Gillard, The Australian "A work of tremendous erudition.

With highly original but also extensively documented discussions of nearly every line and textual crux, it has the impact of a variorum." --Heather Hirschfeld, Modern Philology.