{"product_id":"hamlet-9780300101058","title":"Hamlet","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Annotated Shakespeare series allows readers to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world's greatest dramatist\u003c\/b\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\u003e is unsurpassed in its complexity and richness. This fully annotated version of \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e makes the play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century. It has been carefully assembled, with students, teachers, and the general reader in mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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\u003e is unparalleled 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\u003e story, 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 Further Reading section.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBurton Raffel\u003c\/b\u003e (1928-2015) was a writer, translator, and professor at the 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\u003e. \u003cb\u003eHarold Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (1930-2019) was Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Western Canon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare: The Invention of the Human\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhere Shall Wisdom Be Found?\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Anatomy of Influence: Literature as a Way of Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614326690066,"sku":"9780300101058","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_880ee965-d28e-41ed-92ef-4f12a3334354.jpg?v=1775631795","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hamlet-9780300101058","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}