Overview

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

* The Second Quarto text, edited by Robert S. Miola and accompanied by his footnotes, headnotes, and introductory materials.

* Eighteen illustrations from 1604 to 2008, three of them new to the Second Edition.

* The Actors' Gallery, presenting actors-from Sarah Bernhardt and Ellen Terry to Kenneth Branagh and David Tennant, two of them new to the Second Edition-reflecting on their roles in major productions of Hamlet.

* Seventeen critical interpretations, representing a wide range of historical and scholarly commentary.

* Afterlives, featuring fifteen reflections on Hamlet-from David Garrick and Mark Twain to Margaret Atwood and Jawad al-Assadi.

* A Bibliography of print and online resources. About the Series Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format-annotated text, contexts, and criticism-helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors.

Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.