HamletRandom House Publishing Group, 2008 M08 12 - 272 pages One of the greatest plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the tormented young prince of Denmark continues to capture the imaginations of modern audiences worldwide. Confronted with evidence that his uncle murdered his father, and with his mother’s infidelity, Hamlet must find a means of reconciling his longing for oblivion with his duty as avenger. The ghost, Hamlet’s feigned madness, Ophelia’s death and burial, the play within a play, the “closet scene” in which Hamlet accuses his mother of complicity in murder, and breathtaking swordplay are just some of the elements that make Hamlet an enduring masterpiece of the theater. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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Page xii
... thought - which is to say an image of themselves as poets uneasily inhabiting the public sphere . Debatable as this read- ing is , there can be little doubt that Shakespeare's innovation in Hamlet was to take the figure of the revenger ...
... thought - which is to say an image of themselves as poets uneasily inhabiting the public sphere . Debatable as this read- ing is , there can be little doubt that Shakespeare's innovation in Hamlet was to take the figure of the revenger ...
Page xiii
... thought , And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn away , And lose the name of action .... In Elizabethan English " conscience " meant not only moral scruple but also " consciousness . " A polyglot ...
... thought , And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn away , And lose the name of action .... In Elizabethan English " conscience " meant not only moral scruple but also " consciousness . " A polyglot ...
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... thought inspired by continual and never- satisfied meditation on human destiny and the dark perplexity of the events of this world , and calculated to call forth the very same medi- tation in the minds of the spectators . " Lord Byron ...
... thought inspired by continual and never- satisfied meditation on human destiny and the dark perplexity of the events of this world , and calculated to call forth the very same medi- tation in the minds of the spectators . " Lord Byron ...
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... thought , sexuality , language , Ophe- lia's story becomes the Story of O - the zero , the empty circle or mystery of feminine difference , the cipher of female sexual- ity ... we could provide a manual of female insanity by chron ...
... thought , sexuality , language , Ophe- lia's story becomes the Story of O - the zero , the empty circle or mystery of feminine difference , the cipher of female sexual- ity ... we could provide a manual of female insanity by chron ...
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... thought in an argument . The semicolon was a new unit of punctuation ( some of the Quartos lack them altogether ) . We have modernized punctua- tion throughout , but have given more weight to Folio ABOUT THE TEXT xxvii.
... thought in an argument . The semicolon was a new unit of punctuation ( some of the Quartos lack them altogether ) . We have modernized punctua- tion throughout , but have given more weight to Folio ABOUT THE TEXT xxvii.
Contents
Textual Notes | 137 |
ScenebyScene Analysis | 149 |
The RSC and Beyond | 166 |
Shakespeares Career in the Theater | 217 |
A Chronology | 231 |
Acknowledgments and Picture Credits | 237 |
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