Hamlet
Hamlet
Edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom
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ISBN: 9788130933856
Bind: Paperback
Year: 2016
Pages: 464
Size: 152 x 228 mm
Publisher: Facts On File Inc.
Published in India by: Viva Books
Exclusive Distributors: Viva Books
Sales Territory: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Description:
In Shakespeare's powerful drama of destiny and revenge, Hamlet, the troubled prince of Denmark, must overcome his own self-doubt and avenge the murder of his father. This invaluable new study guide to one of Shakespeare's greatest plays contains a selection of the finest criticism through the centuries on Hamlet, including commentaries by such important critics as Ben Jonson, Voltaire, Ivan Turgenev, Friedrich Nietzche, T.S. Eliot, Harold C. Goddard, Stephen Booth, and many others. Students will also benefit from the additional features in this volume, including an introduction by Harold Bloom, an accessible summary of the plot, an analysis of several key passages, a comprehensive list of characters, a biography of Shakespeare, essays discussing the main currents of criticism in each century since Shakespeare's time, and more.
Each volume in the Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages contains the finest criticism on a particular work from the Bard's oeuvre, selected under the guidance of renowned Shakespearean scholar, Harold Bloom Intended for students just beginning their exploration of Shakespeare, these invaluable study guides present the best of Shakespeare criticism, from the 17th century to today In the process, each volume also charts the flow over time of critical discussion of a particular work.
This essential set is unique not only in the range of commentary it provides on each of Shakespeare's greatest works, but also in its emphasis on the greatest critics in our literary tradition — including such critics as John Dryden in the 17th century, Samuel Johnson in the 18th century, William Hazlitt and Samuel Taylor Coleridge in the 19th century, A.C. Bradley and William Empson in the 20th century, and many more Some of the pieces included are full—length essays; others are excerpts designed to present a key point.
Target Audience:
Students and academics of English literature.
Contents:
Series Introduction “ Introduction by Harold Bloom “ Biography of William Shakespeare “ Summary of Hamlet “ Key Passages in Hamlet “ List of Characters in Hamlet
CRITICISM THROUGH THE AGES
Hamlet in the Seventeenth Century
1605—Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston. From Eastward Ho ” 1608—Fran”“ois de Belleforest. Chapters 2-5 from The Hystorie of Hamblet ” 1619—[Anonymous]. From A Funeral Elegy on the Death of Richard Burbage ” 1661-1668—Samuel Pepys. From The Diary of Samuel Pepys ” 1679—John Dryden. From “The Preface to the Play,” in Troilus and Cressida ” 1698—Jeremy Collier. From A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage ” 1699—James Drake. From The Antient and Modern Stages Survey”d
Hamlet in the Eighteenth Century
1709—Nicholas Rowe. From Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear ” 1734—Voltaire. “On Tragedy,” from Letters Concerning the English Nation ” 1735—William Popple. From The Prompter ” 1736—Thomas Hanmer. From Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark ” 1748—Voltaire. From “Discourse on Ancient and Modern Tragedy” “ 1749—Henry Fielding. From Tom Jones ” 1765—Samuel Johnson. From “The Preface to Shakespeare” and “Notes on the Plays,” in The Plays of William Shakespeare ” 1768—Laurence Sterne. From A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy ” 1776—Voltaire. From “A Letter from M. Voltaire to the French Acad”“mic Containing an Appeal to That Society on the Merits of Shakespeare, Translated from the Original” “ 1780—Henry Mackenzie. From The Mirror ” 1795—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
Hamlet in the Nineteenth Century
1809—August Wilhelm von Schlegel. From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature ” 1811—Charles Lamb. “On the Tragedies of Shakespeare” “ 1814—William Hazlitt. “Mr. Kean's Hamlet,” from Morning Chronicle ” 1817—William Hazlitt. “Hamlet,” from Characters of Shakespear's Plays ” 1818—Samuel Taylor Coleridge. From Lectures and Notes on Shakspere and Other English Poets ” 1845—Edgar Allan Poe. From “William Hazlitt” “ 1860—Ivan Turgenev. “Hamlet and Don Quixote: The Two Eternal Human Types” “ 1864—Victor Hugo. From William Shakespeare ” 1868—James Russell Lowell. “Shakespeare Once More” “ 1871—Friedrich Nietzsche. From The Birth of Tragedy ” 1875—George Macdonald. “The Elder Hamlet” “ 1880—Algernon Charles Swinburne. From “Hamlet,” in A Study of Shakespeare ” 1884—Matthew Arnold. “Hamlet Once More” “ 1884—Mark Twain. From The Adventures of Huckleherry Finn ” 1886—Anatole France. “Hamlet at the Comedie-Francaise” “ 1897—Oscar Wilde. “Letter to Lord Alfred Douglas”
Hamlet in the Twentieth Century
1901—G. K. Chesterton. “The True Hamlet” “ 1902—Walter de la Mare. “Polonius,” “Ophelia,” and “Hamlet” “ 1904—A. C. Bradley. From Shakespearean Tragedy ” 1909—Anna Akhmatova. “Reading Hamlet” “ 1919—T. S. Eliot. “Hamlet and His Problems” “ 1922—James Joyce. From Ulysses ” 1930—G. Wilson Knight. “The Embassy of Death: An Essay on Hamlet” “ 1951—William Empson. “Hamlet When New,” from The Sewanee Review ” 1951—Harold C. Goddard. From The Meaning of Shakespeare ” 1957—Carolyn Heilbrun. “The Character of Hamlet's Mother,” from Shakespeare Quarterly ” 1958—Boris Pasternak. “Hamlet;” from Doctor Zhivago ” 1969—Stephen Booth. “On the Value of Hamlet” “ 1985—Margaret Ferguson. “Hamlet: Letters and Spirits,” from Shakespeare and the Question of Theory ” 1986—Harold Bloom. “Introduction,” from Hamlet (Bloom's Modem Critical Interpretations) “ 1987—Graham Bradshaw. “Hamlet and the Art of Grafting,” from Shakespeare's Scepticism ” 1990—Harold Bloom. “Introduction,” from Hamlet (Major Literary Characters) “ 1995—Harold Bloom. “Introduction,” from Hamlet (Bloom's Notes)
Hamlet in the Twenty-first Century
2005—James Shapiro. From A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, 1599
Bibliography “ Key Editions “ Modern Hamlet Editions “ Hamlet Through the Ages: An Essential Bibliography “ General Bibliography “ Acknowledgments
About the Series Editor:
Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University and the author of more than 30 books, including Shelley's Mythmaking (1959), Blake's Apocalypse (1963), Yeats (1970), The Anxiety of Influence (1973), A Map of Misreading (1975), Kabbalah and Criticism (1975), Agon: Toward a Theory of Revisionism (1982), The American Religion (1992), The Western Canon (1994), Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human (1998), How to Read and Why (2000), Hamlet: Poem Unlimited (2003), Where Shall Wisdom Be Found” (2004), and Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine (2005). In 1999, Professor Bloom received the American Academy of Arts and Letters” Gold Medal for Criticism.
