{"product_id":"hamlet-paperback-40","title":"Hamlet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBurton Raffel\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Annotated Shakespeare Series \u003c\/i\u003eallows\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ereaders to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world's greatest dramatist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If any work deserves a student's closest attention, it is \u003ci\u003eHamlet. \u003c\/i\u003eBurton Raffel's fully annotated edition is a teacher's and student's dream: the words are fully explained, and they get a wonderful essay by Harold Bloom as well.\"--George Soule, Carleton College\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eHamlet \u003c\/i\u003eis\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eunsurpassed in its complexity and richness. Now the first fully annotated version of \u003ci\u003eHamlet \u003c\/i\u003emakes\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ethe play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century. It has been carefully assembled with students, teachers, and the general reader in mind. Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary and usage of Elizabethan English, pronunciation, prosody, and alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations provide readers with all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations. This version of \u003ci\u003eHamlet \u003c\/i\u003eis\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eunparalleled for its thoroughness and adherence to sound linguistic principles. In his Introduction, Raffel offers important background on the origins and previous versions of the \u003ci\u003eHamlet \u003c\/i\u003estory, along with an analysis of the characters Hamlet and Ophelia. And in a concluding essay, Harold Bloom meditates on the originality of Shakespeare's achievement. The book also includes a careful selection of items for \"Further Reading.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBurton Raffel\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities Emeritus and professor of English emeritus, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Among his many edited and translated publications are \u003ci\u003ePoems and Prose from the Old English, Cligès, Lancelot, Perceval, Erec and Enide, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Yvain, \u003c\/i\u003eall published by Yale University Press. \u003cb\u003eHarold Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e, Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University, is the author of many books, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eincluding\u003ci\u003e The Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhere Shall Wisdom Be Found?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42176914948231,"sku":"9780300101058","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1af8267126a9c12fef38c24f52f8876e.webp?v=1733393573","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/hamlet-paperback-40","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}