Hamlet (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) (Bedford Series in History & Culture ) (Shakespeare Made in Canada, #1)

by William Shakespeare, Graham Holderness, and Bryan Loughrey

Professor Burton Raffel and Burton Raffel

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The "Annotated Shakespeare" series allows readers to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world's greatest dramatist. One of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is unsurpassed in its complexity and richness. This fully annotated version of "Hamlet" makes the play completely accessible to readers in the 21st century. It has been carefully assembled with students, teachers and the general reader in mind. Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers 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. In his introduction, Raffel offers important background on the origins and previous versions of the Hamlet story, along with an analysis of the characters of Hamlet and Ophelia. And in a concluding essay, Harold Bloom meditates on the originality of Shakespeare's achievement.
  • ISBN10 0300101759
  • ISBN13 9780300101751
  • Publish Date 10 September 2003 (first published December 1923)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 22 September 2006
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 288
  • Language English