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Hamlet: The Oxford Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
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Description for Hamlet: The Oxford Shakespeare
Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: DDS; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 432.
Hamlet's combination of violence and introspection is unusual among Shakespeare's tragedies. It is also full of curious riddles and fascinating paradoxes, making it one of his most widely discussed plays. Professor Hibbard's illuminating and original introduction explains the process by which variant texts were fused in the eighteenth century to create the most commonly used text of today. Drawing on both critical and theatrical history, he shows how this fusion makes Hamlet seem a much more 'problematic' play than it was when it originally appeared in the First Folio of 1623. The ... Read more
Hamlet's combination of violence and introspection is unusual among Shakespeare's tragedies. It is also full of curious riddles and fascinating paradoxes, making it one of his most widely discussed plays. Professor Hibbard's illuminating and original introduction explains the process by which variant texts were fused in the eighteenth century to create the most commonly used text of today. Drawing on both critical and theatrical history, he shows how this fusion makes Hamlet seem a much more 'problematic' play than it was when it originally appeared in the First Folio of 1623. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199535811
SKU
V9780199535811
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About William Shakespeare
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Reviews for Hamlet: The Oxford Shakespeare
level-headed, perspicuous treatment of the textual problems...It may be commended to students...Of the three recent Hamlets, this edition is the one I shall require students to buy.
T. H. Howard-Hill, Review English Studies
it is bound in general to have considerable impact on our thinking about Hamlet (the text and the play) and deserves wide attention
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T. H. Howard-Hill, Review English Studies
it is bound in general to have considerable impact on our thinking about Hamlet (the text and the play) and deserves wide attention
Notes ... Read more