"Hamlet" (Arden Shakespeare: Second Series) [Paperback]

"A pathbreaking edition, one that promises to change irrevocably our understanding of Shakespeare's greatest play."--Professor James Shapiro, author of "1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare" ""Hamlet"'s latest editors have undertaken a heroic task with great skill and thoroughness."--Stanley Wells, "The Observer "(UK)"" "Quite simply the most comprehensive edition of the play currently available, a status I suspect it will enjoy for many years to come."--"The British Theatre Guide" "Stunning! There is absolutely no doubt about this being the text to buy . . . for those students who will be studying the play at university. This critical edition gives the reader the Second Quarto Text (1604-1605), annotated with intelligence and care, a wealth of historical and cultural references and a survey of different critical approaches to the play."--"The Use of English


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The new Arden Hamlet is a pathbreaking edition, one that promises
to change irrevocably our understanding of Shakespeare's greatest play --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

An extraordinary achievement and milestone in the recent history
of version-based editing... Indeed, this is version-based editing at its
best. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Stunning! There is absolutely no doubt about this being the text
to buy if you are studying the play at A Level. And the same stands for
those students who will be studying the play at university. This critical
edition gives the reader the Second Quarto Text (1604-1605), annotated with
intelligence and care, a wealth of historical and cultural references and a
survey of different critical approaches to the play. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays.This edition of Hamlet provides, a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text, a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play and appendices presenting sources and relevant extracts.

THE CRITICAL EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE

With a wealth of helpful and incisive commentary, this edition of Hamlet
provides:

* The Second Quarto Text (1604-1605), edited to the highest standards of
scholarship

* Additional passages found only in the 1623 Folio text

* Detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text

* A full, illustrated introduction to the play's historical, cultural and
performance contexts

* An in-depth survey of critical approaches to the play

* A full index to the introduction and notes

* A select bibliography of references and further reading

This is a fully self-contained free-standing volume which includes in its
Introduction and Appendices all the supporting materials that a reader
would expect to find in an Arden edition.
It forms the core of a ground-breaking edition of three Hamlet texts. A
companion volume contains the fully annotated texts of the 1603 First
Quarto and the 1623 Folio.

Readers of both editions have, for the first time, a unique opportunity to
study the three surviving texts of Hamlet experienced by Shakespeare's
contemporaries, fully modernized and edited by leading scholars. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Ann Thompson is Professor of English and Head of the School of
Humanities, King's College London. She is also a General Editor of The
Arden Shakespeare.

Neil Taylor is Dean of Research at Roehampton University. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.