- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Penguin; Revised edition edition (28 Aug 1980)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140707344
- ISBN-13: 978-0140707342
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 10.9 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 315,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Undoubtedly the most famous of all of Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet remains one of the most enduring but also enigmatic pieces of western literature. The story of Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, his tortured relationship with his mother, and his quest to avenge his father's murder at the hand of his brother Claudius has fascinated writers and audiences ever since it was written around 1600.
For many years interest focused on both Hamlet's inability to avenge his father's death, claiming that "the native hue of resolution / Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought", and, according to none other than Freud, his oedipal fixation with his mother. However, more recently critics have turned their attention to Hamlet's bold theatrical self-reflexivity (most famously reflected in the performance of "The Mousetrap"), its fascination with issues of theology and Renaissance humanism, and its dense, complex poetic language. What is so remarkable about the play is the way in which it tends to uncannily reflect the concerns of different epochs. As a result, Hamlet has been at different moments defined as a romantic rebel, an angst-ridden existentialist, a paralysed intellectual and an ambivalent New Man. Whatever subsequent generations make of Hamlet, they are unlikely to exhaust the possibilities of this most extraordinary play. --Jerry Brotton
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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cheap, convenient edition of a masterpiece; bad notes.,
By Modern Viking (Stockholm, Sweden) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hamlet (Penguin Popular Classics) (Paperback)
Obviously, Shakespeare's Hamlet is a masterpiece, so my review is aimed solely at the Penguin Popular Classics edition edited by GB Harrison (ISBN 0140620583). If you're looking for a cheap, pocket-sized edition of Hamlet, this is the one to go for. If you're looking for good notes, this edition is to be avoided. The notes are sometimes interesting, but often they either explain things that are very obvious, or are actually plain wrong.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Best footnotes I've ever seen.,
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This review is from: The Oxford Shakespeare: Hamlet (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)
Very easy to follow and wonderfully simply explained textual footnotes make this a very user friendly Hamlet.
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The best way to read Shakespeare,
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This review is from: Hamlet (Oxford School Shakespeare) (Paperback)
Having the commentary beside the text is the only way I can fully enjoy reading Shakespeare. The commentary is useful and adds a lot to the text. Some of the commentary seems to be explaining the obvious but since the book is used by schools studying Shakespeare, I can't complain. It's better than them missing out things which I'd like to have explained.
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