Hamlet, A Longman Cultural Edition

Hamlet, A Longman Cultural Edition by William Shakespeare

From Longman's new Cultural Edition series, Hamlet,edited by Constance Jordan, includes the play and contextual materials from the era of Shakespeare. This edition represents Shakespeare's text as it appears in the most authoritative of early editions, the Folio, published in 1623, and it supplies students with useful footnotes to the interpretation of the text. It also includes brief samples of works by Shakespeare's contemporaries in a section entitled Contexts; which will help students understand the historical setting and cultural ideas that helped shape the meaning of Shakespeare's play. By listening to these voices from the past, students can approach the play with some knowledge of why Hamlet asks the questions he does and of why the character himself, the creation of a distant century, also seems so much a part of our own world. The Longman Cultural Edition series is composed of teaching texts edited by prominent scholars. In addition to the recently published Cultural Editions Frankenstein, Pride and Prejudice, and Othello, titles in the series for this year include Dickens' Hard Times, Beowulf, and Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Author of books specifically relating to Shakespeare and Shakespeare studies: *Shakespeare’s Monarchies: Ruler and Subject in the Romances*, 1997; Ed. (with Karen Cunningham) *The Law in Shakespeare*, 2006. Recent articles: “Henry V and the Tudor Monarchy,” in *Early Modern English Drama*, ed. Sullivan, Cheney, Hadfield, 2006; “Law,” in *The Shakespeare Encyclopedia*, ed. Patricia Parker, forthcoming.

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ISBN 13	9780321317292
ISBN 10	0321317297
Title	Hamlet, A Longman Cultural Edition
Author	William Shakespeare
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pearson Education (US)
Year published	2005-08-03
Number of pages	288
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.