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The core of the ground-breaking, three text edition, this self-contained, free-standing volume gives readers the Second Quarto text (1604-5) and includes in its Introduction, notes and Appendices all the reader might expect to find in any standard Arden edition. As well as a full, illustrated Introduction to the play's historical, cultural and performance contexts and a thorough survey of critical approaches to the play, an appendix contains the additional passages found only in the 1623 text."The new Arden Hamlet is 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 thoroughnesss.' - Stanley Wells, The Observer"(The) new Arden Hamlet is 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 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."- The Use of English, The English Association
Product details

Published | Sep 25 2014 |
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Format | Ebook (PDF) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 640 |
ISBN | 9781408142882 |
Imprint | The Arden Shakespeare |
Series | The Arden Shakespeare Third Series |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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'Quite Simply the most comprehensive edition of the play currently available.'
The British Theatre Guide
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'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
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'Hamlet's latest editors have undertaken the heroic task with great skill and thoroughness.'
The Observer
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'An extraordinary achievement and milestone in the recent history of version-based editing at its best.'
Eric Rasmussen, Shakespeare Survey
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'Hamlet is a political play, one that starts with a country on a war footing and that ends with the decimation of its ruling elite.'
Michael Billington, Guardian, 24.9.10
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'The personal tragedy is wrenching enough, but the political is never forgotten'
Libby Purves, The Times, 08.10.10