Hamlet (Signet Classic Shakespeare Series)

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Author: William Shakespeare

ISBN-10: 0451526929

ISBN-13: 9780451526922

Category: British & Irish Drama

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In this quintessential Shakespearean tragedy, a young prince's halting pursuit of revenge for the murder of his father unfolds in a series of highly charged confrontations that have held audiences spellbound for nearly four centuries. Those fateful exchanges, and the anguished soliloquies that precede and follow them, probe depths of human feeling rarely sounded in any art. Unique features of the Signet Classic Shakespeare:An extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the genereal editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, Sylvan Barnet, Tufts UniversitySpecial introduction to the play by the editor, Sylvan BarnetA note on the three early texts of HamletSources from which Shakespeare derived HamletDramatic criticism from the past and present: commentaries by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, A. C. Bradley, Maynard Mack, Robert Ornstein, Carolyn Heilbrun, and Catherine BelseyA comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of Hamlet, then and nowText, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable typeUp-to-date list of recommended readings