Hamlet
Subtitle: with contemporary essays
By: William Shakespeare ; edited by Joseph Pearce.
Contributors: Pearce, Joseph, 1961-
Series: Ignatius critical editions
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781586172619
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616; Hamlet (Legendary character) -- Drama; Kings and rulers -- Succession -- Drama; Murder victims' families -- Drama; Fathers -- Death -- Drama; Revenge -- Drama; Princes -- Drama; Denmark -- Drama
Genres: Drama
Notes: "This edition of Hamlet follows the Alexander text of the Complete works of William Shakespeare first published in 1951"-- P. [iv].

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Joseph Pearce; title: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; title: Contemporary essays. Reading Hamlet / Crystal Downing ; To play or not to play: how to lie or tell the truth in Hamlet's Denmark / Anthony Esolen ; Psychology, character, and performance in Hamlet / Gene Fendt ; The nobility of Hamlet / Richard Harp ; Hamlet's envenomed foil / Andrew Moran ; Who's in charge? Providence in Hamlet / Jim Scott Orrick ; Residual Catholicism in Hamlet: spiritual freedom and political tyranny / R.V. Young.