Hamlet: A Critical Reader

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 1623Ann 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

• SERIES INTRODUCTIONNOTES ON CONTRIBUTORSTIMELINEIntroduction ANN THOMPSON1. The Critical Backstory JOHN LEE2. Performance History LOIS POTTER3. Hamlet: The State of the Art NEIL TAYLOR4. New Directions: Hamlet and Gender CATHERINE BELSEY5. New Directions: Hamlet, Cinema, the World MARK THORNTON BURNETT6. New Directions: Being Hamlet Not Being Hamlet FRANK McGUINNESSRESOURCES ANN THOMPSONNOTESREFERENCESINDEX

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