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Title: |
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark |
| Series: |
New Kittredge Shakespeare |
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| By (author): |
William Shakespeare Edited by: Bernice W. Kliman, James H. Lake, James H. Lake |
| ISBN10-13: |
1585101400 : 9781585101405 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
215.9x139.7mm |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Weight: |
.240 Kg. |
| Published: |
Focus - October 2008 |
| List Price: |
9.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 5 |
| Subjects: |
Plays, playscripts : Shakespeare plays |
George Lyman Kittredgeâ s insightful editions of Shakespeare have endured in part because of his eclecticism, his diversity of interests, and his wide-ranging accomplishmentsâ all of which are reflected in the valuable notes in each volume. The plays in The New Kittredge Shakespeare series retain the original Kittredge notes and introductions, changed or augmented only when some modernization seemed necessary. These new editions also include introductory essays by contemporary editors, notes on the plays as they have been performed on stage and film, and additional student materials. |
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"Shakespeare scholars Bernice W Kliman and James H Lake have carried out the important task of bringing up to date, while retaining the significant features of the text of Hamlet edited in the last century by the celebrated Shakespearean George Lyman Kittredge. They have succeeded in preserving for today's students the essence of Kittredge's legendary system of notes and scholarly apparatus while adding their own insightful performance notes. As Professor Kittredge himself understood, the nuances and complexities of Hamlet perennially invite new interpretation and speculation. Kliman and Lake have retained that spirit by stressing in their own fresh introductory essay how recent productions have in their diversity brought about a "freeing" of Hamlet. The editors' discerning analyses of performances by Mel Gibson, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Almereyda, and Simon Russell Beal drive home the point that Hamlet today remains restless and unpredictable... It exemplifies Ben Jonson's Shakespeare, who "... was not of an age, but for all time" -- The Late Kenneth Sprague Rothwell, Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont
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"It is good to have Kittredge's editions -- with his notes updated by respected scholars, new introductions, and suggestions on approaching the plays in performance -- readily and inexpensively available." -- James L Harner, Texas A&M University
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