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General editors' preface |
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Preface |
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Introduction |
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1 | (1) |
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1 | (16) |
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The challenge of acting Hamlet |
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2 | (6) |
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The challenge of editing Hamlet |
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8 | (5) |
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The challenge to the greatness of Hamlet: Hamlet versus Lear |
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13 | (4) |
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17 | (19) |
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The soliloquies and the modernity of Hamlet |
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18 | (8) |
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26 | (6) |
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Reading against the Hamlet tradition |
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32 | (4) |
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Hamlet in Shakespeare's time |
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36 | (24) |
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Hamlet at the turn of the century |
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37 | (7) |
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The challenge of dating Hamlet |
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44 | (16) |
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Was there an earlier Hamlet play? |
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45 | (3) |
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Are there any early references to Shakespeare's play? |
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48 | (2) |
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Can we date Hamlet in relation to other contemporary plays? |
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50 | (4) |
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Hamlet's first performances |
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54 | (6) |
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60 | (16) |
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60 | (5) |
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65 | (7) |
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`Sentences', speeches and thoughts |
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72 | (4) |
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The composition of Hamlet |
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76 | (21) |
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The quartos and the Folio |
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76 | (21) |
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76 | (4) |
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80 | (2) |
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The relationship of Q2 to Q1 |
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82 | (1) |
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The relationship of F to Q2 |
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83 | (3) |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (4) |
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Why a three-text edition? |
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92 | (5) |
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Hamlet on stage and screen |
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97 | (28) |
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97 | (14) |
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111 | (6) |
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117 | (8) |
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125 | (10) |
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Hamlet meets Fielding, Goethe, Dickens and others |
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125 | (4) |
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Hamlet and women novelists |
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129 | (5) |
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134 | (1) |
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The continuing mystery of Hamlet |
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135 | (34) |
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Additions and reconsiderations |
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143 | (26) |
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THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK |
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The Second Quarto (1604--5) |
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169 | (326) |
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495 | (148) |
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495 | (9) |
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2 The nature of the texts |
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504 | (64) |
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504 | (1) |
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504 | (8) |
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512 | (3) |
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The quartos and folios after 1623 |
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515 | (1) |
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516 | (1) |
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517 | (7) |
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524 | (1) |
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525 | (3) |
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528 | (4) |
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532 | (5) |
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Our procedure as editors of Hamlet |
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537 | (1) |
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537 | (4) |
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541 | (9) |
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Lineation and punctuation |
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550 | (5) |
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555 | (13) |
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3 Editorial conventions and sample passages |
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568 | (9) |
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568 | (1) |
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568 | (1) |
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568 | (1) |
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568 | (1) |
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568 | (3) |
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571 | (6) |
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4 The act division at 3.4/4.1 |
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577 | (11) |
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577 | (5) |
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582 | (3) |
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Our decisions for the new Arden Hamlet |
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585 | (3) |
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588 | (17) |
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605 | (3) |
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Abbreviations and references |
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608 | (35) |
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Abbreviations used in notes |
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608 | (1) |
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Works by and partly by Shakespeare |
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608 | (2) |
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Editions of Shakespeare collated |
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610 | (5) |
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615 | (28) |
Index |
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