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Hamlet

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The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The Textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal. Hamlet is not only one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, but also the most fascinatingly problematical tragedy in world literature.

First performed around 1600, this a gripping and exuberant drama of revenge, rich in contrasts and conflicts. Its violence alternates with introspection, its melancholy with humour, and its subtlety with spectacle.

The Prince, Hamlet himself, is depicted as a complex, divided, introspective character. His reflections on death, morality and the very status of human beings make him 'the first modern man'. Countless stage productions and numerous adaptations for the cinema and television have demonstrated the continuing cultural relevance of this vivid, enigmatic, profound and engrossing drama.

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Series Title

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Call Number

822.33 SHA h

Publisher

Hertfordshire,United Kingdom : Wordsworth Editions Limited., 2002

Collation

12,5 x20; Pbk;Bw; 192p

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781853260094

Classification

820

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Edition

First Edition

Subject(s)

Princes
Hamlet (Legendary character)
Denmark
Revenge
Murder victims' families
Fathers--Death

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