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Hamlet / William Shakespeare ; fully annotated, with an introduction by Burton Raffel ; with an essay by Harold Bloom.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Shakespeare, William, Works ; Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (xxxi, 249 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300138238
  • 0300138237
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hamlet.DDC classification:
  • 822.3/3 22
LOC classification:
  • PR2807.A2 R34 2003eb
Online resources:
Contents:
About This Book -- Introduction -- The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark -- An Essay by Harold Bloom -- Further Reading -- Finding List.
Review: "One of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, Shakespeare's Hamlet is unsurpassed in its complexity and richness. Now the most extensively annotated version of Hamlet to date makes the play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century. It has been carefully assembled with students, teachers, and the general reader in mind. Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary and usage of Elizabethan English, pronunciation, prosody, and alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations provide readers with all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations. This version of Hamlet is unparalleled for its thoroughness and adherence to sound historical linguistics. In his introduction, Raffel offers important background on the origins and previous versions of the Hamlet story, along with an analysis of the characters Hamlet and Ophelia. And in a concluding essay, Harold Bloom meditates on the originality of Shakespeare's achievement. The book also includes a careful selection of items for further reading."--Jacket.Summary: In this classic play about royal murder, Hamlet is caught in a web of family intrigue.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-247).

Print version record.

About This Book -- Introduction -- The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark -- An Essay by Harold Bloom -- Further Reading -- Finding List.

"One of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, Shakespeare's Hamlet is unsurpassed in its complexity and richness. Now the most extensively annotated version of Hamlet to date makes the play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century. It has been carefully assembled with students, teachers, and the general reader in mind. Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary and usage of Elizabethan English, pronunciation, prosody, and alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations provide readers with all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations. This version of Hamlet is unparalleled for its thoroughness and adherence to sound historical linguistics. In his introduction, Raffel offers important background on the origins and previous versions of the Hamlet story, along with an analysis of the characters Hamlet and Ophelia. And in a concluding essay, Harold Bloom meditates on the originality of Shakespeare's achievement. The book also includes a careful selection of items for further reading."--Jacket.

In this classic play about royal murder, Hamlet is caught in a web of family intrigue.

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