The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke (Folio Text) (Shakespeare's First Folio for Kindle Book 1) (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

This is the Folio Text of Hamlet, first published in 1623, with unmodernised spelling and punctuation, and the original stage-directions. Act and scene divisions missing from the Folio have been inserted and a hyperlinked TOC provided. Modernising Shakespeare makes texts easier to read, but also damages and changes them. With modernised spelling puns are lost (I/Aye and metal/mettle), and with modernised punctuation rhythm and the structure of argument are often destroyed. To read an unmodernised text is to discover a much more dynamic and interesting Shakespeare, in the form he would have recognised and that his friends and professional colleagues in the theatre chose to preserve. Facsimiles of the Folio are available online, but as JPEGs of each page -- unsearchable, and with all the difficulties of old print and variable inking. This Kindle version of the Folio text of Hamlet offers far greater readability and is searchable, but preserves much that modernised editions change.