The bestselling, authoritative Folger Shakespeare Library edition of Hamlet--a tragedy of family, murder, ghosts, and revenge--featuring Shakespeare's complete original text, expert annotations, scene-by-scene summaries, and trusted scholarship for students, teachers, and general readers.
For more than seventy years, the Folger Shakespeare Library editions have been the standard classroom and reading editions of Shakespeare's plays. Used in high schools, colleges, universities, and theaters around the world, each volume combines the complete original text with expert editorial guidance that makes Shakespeare's language more accessible while preserving every nuance of the play. Hamlet is Shakespeare's most popular, and most puzzling, play. It follows the form of a "revenge tragedy," in which the hero, Hamlet, seeks vengeance against his father's murderer, his uncle Claudius, now the king of Denmark. Much of its fascination, however, lies in its uncertainties. Among them: What is the Ghost--Hamlet's father demanding justice, a tempting demon, an angelic messenger? Does Hamlet go mad, or merely pretend to? Once he is sure that Claudius is a murderer, why does he not act? Was his mother, Gertrude, unfaithful to her husband or complicit in his murder? Whether you're reading Hamlet for school, teaching it in the classroom, preparing for AP English Literature, studying Shakespeare in college, performing the play, or simply returning to one of the greatest works of English literature, this edition provides the context and guidance to help you read Shakespeare with confidence. This Folger Shakespeare Library edition includes:| ISBN: | 9780743477123 |
| Publication date: | 1st July 2003 |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 432 pages |
| Series: | Folger Shakespeare Library |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Classic and pre-20th century plays Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: plays and playwrights Literary companions, book reviews and guides Classic fiction: general and literary |
The bestselling, authoritative Folger Shakespeare Library edition of Hamlet--a tragedy of family, murder, ghosts, and revenge--featuring Shakespeare's complete original text, expert annotations, scene-by-scene summaries, and trusted scholarship for students, teachers, and general readers. For more than seventy years, the Folger Shakespeare Library editions have been the standard classroom and reading editions of Shakespeare's plays.
Hamlet features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary companions, book reviews and guides, Classic fiction: general and literary
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Hamlet was written by William Shakespeare and published by Simon & Schuster
Hamlet has 432 pages
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