Amir Khan is Associate Professor of English in the Foreign Studies College at Hunan Normal University in Changsha. His books include Shakespeare in Hindsight (2016) and Comedies of Nihilism (2017). He is also managing editor of Conversations: The Journal of Cavellian Studies. He lives and works in China.

“A take-no-prisoners account of Hamlet and its critical and political afterlives. Original and provocative.”--Professor Richard Halpern, New York University, USA"Amir Khan's captivating exploration of Ah Q and Hamlet shifts focus away from Hamlet's delay and refreshingly revitalizes Hamlet's inner life. Khan reveals a vast and relevant landscape of Shakespearean interpretations. Bold and thought-provoking, this book redefines our understanding of Hamlet."-Dr. Ivy Hao Liu, Tsinghua University, People's Republic of China

• Preface1. Overture, or How to Do Things with Greg2. Invisible Speech in Hamlet3. Ah Q and Hamlet: Materialism meets Modernity4. Hamlet as Conspirator: A Reading of Julius Caesar5. Timon of Athens and the Pursuit of Human Unhappiness6. Marxian Coda

Amir Khan is Associate Professor of English in the Foreign Studies College at Hunan Normal University in Changsha. His books include Shakespeare in Hindsight (2016) and Comedies of Nihilism (2017). He is also managing editor of Conversations: The Journal of Cavellian Studies. He lives and works in China.

“A take-no-prisoners account of Hamlet and its critical and political afterlives. Original and provocative.”--Professor Richard Halpern, New York University, USA"Amir Khan's captivating exploration of Ah Q and Hamlet shifts focus away from Hamlet's delay and refreshingly revitalizes Hamlet's inner life. Khan reveals a vast and relevant landscape of Shakespearean interpretations. Bold and thought-provoking, this book redefines our understanding of Hamlet."-Dr. Ivy Hao Liu, Tsinghua University, People's Republic of China

• Preface1. Overture, or How to Do Things with Greg2. Invisible Speech in Hamlet3. Ah Q and Hamlet: Materialism meets Modernity4. Hamlet as Conspirator: A Reading of Julius Caesar5. Timon of Athens and the Pursuit of Human Unhappiness6. Marxian Coda

Amir Khan is Associate Professor of English in the Foreign Studies College at Hunan Normal University in Changsha. His books include Shakespeare in Hindsight (2016) and Comedies of Nihilism (2017). He is also managing editor of Conversations: The Journal of Cavellian Studies. He lives and works in China.

“A take-no-prisoners account of Hamlet and its critical and political afterlives. Original and provocative.”--Professor Richard Halpern, New York University, USA"Amir Khan's captivating exploration of Ah Q and Hamlet shifts focus away from Hamlet's delay and refreshingly revitalizes Hamlet's inner life. Khan reveals a vast and relevant landscape of Shakespearean interpretations. Bold and thought-provoking, this book redefines our understanding of Hamlet."-Dr. Ivy Hao Liu, Tsinghua University, People's Republic of China

• Preface1. Overture, or How to Do Things with Greg2. Invisible Speech in Hamlet3. Ah Q and Hamlet: Materialism meets Modernity4. Hamlet as Conspirator: A Reading of Julius Caesar5. Timon of Athens and the Pursuit of Human Unhappiness6. Marxian Coda