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Hamlet (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)
Author:  William Shakespeare
Publisher:  Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date:  Jul 1, 2003
Edition:  New Folger Edition edition
Binding:  Mass Market Paperback
Pages:  400
ISBN:  074347712X
ISBN-13:  9780743477123
List Price:  5.99 USD
Amazon Sales Rank:  495
Bn.com Sales Rank:  689
Amazon UK Sales Rank:  993,201
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Product Description
Each edition includes:

? Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play

? Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play

? Scene-by-scene plot summaries

? A key to famous lines and phrases

? An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language

? An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play

? Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books

Essay by Michael Neill

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.


Table of Contents (Courtesy of Barnes & Noble.com)

About the Series
About This Volume
Pt. 1Hamlet: The Complete Text
Introduction: Biographical and Historical Contexts3
The Complete Text27
Note on the Text154
Textual Notes156
Pt. 2Hamlet: A Case Study in Contemporary Criticism
A Critical History of Hamlet181
Feminist Criticism and Hamlet208
What Is Feminist Criticism?208
Feminist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography215
A Feminist Perspective: Representing Ophelia: Women, Madness, and the Responsibilities of Feminist Criticism220
Psychoanalytic Criticism and Hamlet241
What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?241
Psychoanalytic Criticism: A Selected Bibliography251
A Psychoanalytic Perspective: "Man and Wife Is One Flesh": Hamlet and the Confrontation with the Maternal Body256
Deconstruction and Hamlet283
What Is Deconstruction?283
Deconstruction: A Selected Bibliography293
A Deconstructionist Perspective: Hamlet: Giving Up the Ghost297
Marxist Criticism and Hamlet332
What Is Marxist Criticism?332
Marxist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography345
A Marxist Perspective: "Funeral-Bak'd Meats": Carnival and the Carnivalesque in Hamlet348
The New Historicism and Hamlet368
What Is the New Historicism368
The New Historicism: A Selected Bibliography377
A New Historicist Perspective: "Suche Strange Desygns": Madness, Subjectivity, and Treason in Hamlet and Elizabethan Culture380
Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terms403
About the Contributors416