Hamlet

A Broadview Internet Shakespeare Edition
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-55481-378-0
Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 325 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 141 mm, Gewicht: 405 g

Reihe: A Broadview Internet Shakespeare Edition

In the introduction to this new edition, David Bevington explores some key dilemmas and puzzles in this most famous of Shakespeare’s tragedies. What is the role of providence in a work with pagan sources? How does Hamlet comment on dramatic art in his play within a play? What are the moral ambiguities of seeking revenge?

The introduction also traces the history of Hamlet criticism and performance from 1604, when critic Anthony Scoloker said the play “should please all,” to the 2015 production starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Appendices offer key sources, an analysis of gender issues in the play, and textual variants from Quarto 1.

A collaboration between Broadview Press and the Internet Shakespeare Editions project at the University of Victoria, the editions developed for this series have been comprehensively annotated and draw on the authoritative texts newly edited for the ISE. This innovative series allows readers to access extensive and reliable online resources linked to the print edition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shakespeare, William

Bevington, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Shakespeare’s Life
- Shakespeare’s Theater
- William Shakespeare and Hamlet: A Brief Chronology
- A Note on the Text
- The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Appendix A: References to Classical History and Mythology
- Appendix B: References to the Bible
- Appendix C: Sources and Analogs
- 1. From Saxo Grammaticus, Historia Danica (1180–1204)
- 2. From François de Belleforest, Histoires Tragiques (1576)
- 3. From Der bestrafte Brudermord (1710)
- Appendix D: Domestic Issues in Hamlet
- 1. Marriage and Incest
- 2. Women and Obedience
- Appendix E: Some Textual Variations in Quarto 1
- 1. Another “To be or not to be”
- 2. Different Advice to the Players
- 3. The Queen Offers to Help Hamlet
- 4. The Queen Laments Ofelia’s Death
- 5. A Shorter Scene before the Duel
- Works Cited and Select Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

David Bevington is Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Chicago.