Table of Contents

SERIES INTRODUCTION NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS TIMELINE Introduction ANN THOMPSON 1. The Critical Backstory JOHN LEE 2. Performance History LOIS POTTER 3. Hamlet: The State of the Art NEIL TAYLOR 4. New Directions: Hamlet and Gender CATHERINE BELSEY 5. New Directions: Hamlet, Cinema, the World MARK THORNTON BURNETT 6. New Directions: Being Hamlet Not Being Hamlet FRANK McGUINNESS RESOURCES ANN THOMPSON NOTES REFERENCES INDEX

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A collection of new essays by leading international scholars on one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, Hamlet.

About the Author

Neil Taylor is Professor Emeritus, University of Roehampton, UK and co-editor of The Arden Shakespeare Third Series Hamlet and Hamlet: The Texts of 1603 and 1623 Ann Thompson is Professor Emeritus, King's College London, UK and co-editor of the Arden Shakespeare Third Series Hamlet and Hamlet: The Texts of 1603 and 1623

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I'm very impressed by this series. I think its success lies in part in the general editors' wise selection of volume editors who are both intellectually open-minded and capable of assembling strong, diverse teams of contributors. * Studies in English Literature *