Crash Course Lit: Hamlet
William Shakespeare · Crash Course · Paige Towler
Jun 2027 · Penguin Random House Audio
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To annotate, or not to annotate? That's not even a question. Crash Course brings its signature wit and smarts to Shakespeare's most famous tragedy—making Hamlet essential reading for students, book clubs, and anyone who's ever wondered what's really rotten in Denmark.
Experience Shakespeare’s most influential tragedy like never before through lively annotations and accessible literary analysis. From a ghostly encounter to a tragic conclusion, Hamlet has captivated readers and audiences for centuries. Discover the play’s themes of revenge, madness, mortality, and more. Learn how Shakespeare blurs the line between sanity and performance and what Hamlet really means when he asks, “To be, or not to be?”
Reading is made easy with annotations full of wit and personality. Unpack famous quotes, key scenes, and figures of speech while learning interesting historical, cultural, and literary context.
Featuring an introductory essay on the play’s performance history as well as the fully annotated text, this book encourages readers to bring their own perspectives, observations, and insights to the work, too.
Experience Shakespeare’s most influential tragedy like never before through lively annotations and accessible literary analysis. From a ghostly encounter to a tragic conclusion, Hamlet has captivated readers and audiences for centuries. Discover the play’s themes of revenge, madness, mortality, and more. Learn how Shakespeare blurs the line between sanity and performance and what Hamlet really means when he asks, “To be, or not to be?”
Reading is made easy with annotations full of wit and personality. Unpack famous quotes, key scenes, and figures of speech while learning interesting historical, cultural, and literary context.
Featuring an introductory essay on the play’s performance history as well as the fully annotated text, this book encourages readers to bring their own perspectives, observations, and insights to the work, too.
To annotate, or not to annotate? That's not even a question. Crash Course brings its signature wit and smarts to Shakespeare's most famous tragedy—making Hamlet essential reading for students, book clubs, and anyone who's ever wondered what's really rotten in Denmark.
Experience Shakespeare’s mo...
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Crash Course Books is a new imprint devoted to publishing nonfiction for students, classrooms, and lifelong learners. Crash Course Books is an extension of the popular Crash Course YouTube channel founded by Hank and John Green. Launched in 2012, Crash Course has published over 1,500 engaging videos on more than 50 subjects like World History, Literature, Chemistry, Psychology, and Philosophy. With its enthusiastic audience and partnerships with PBS, the National Science Foundation, and more, Crash Course has garnered 16 million subscribers on YouTube and 2 billion views.
Eric Driscoll is a Hellenist, classical archaeologist, and historian of the ancient Mediterranean world. Working with both textual and material evidence, his research focuses on the cultural, political, and intellectual history of Archaic through Hellenistic Greece as well as the longer history of Greece and Greek culture in the medieval and modern eras. Before coming to MIT in 2023 as lecturer in ancient and medieval studies, jointly appointed in SHASS’s history and literature sections, Eric taught in the Department of the Classics at Harvard University (2021–23) and served as the assistant director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (2019–21). He holds a BA in classics from the University of Chicago and an MA and PhD in ancient history and Mediterranean archaeology from the University of California, Berkeley.
Paige Towler is an author and editor, currently working for Smithsonian Licensed Publishing and previously with National Geographic. Her books include History FACTopia!: Follow Ye Olde Trail of 40 Facts; Lost Mysteries: Secrets, Legends, and Treasures of the Past; Girls Can! Smash Stereotypes, Defy Expectations, and Make History!; and Journey Through Ellis Island, and she was the project editor and contributor for National Geographic's Poetry of US: More Than 200 Poems That Celebrate the People, Places, and Passions of the United States. She lives in Washington, DC.
Eric Driscoll is a Hellenist, classical archaeologist, and historian of the ancient Mediterranean world. Working with both textual and material evidence, his research focuses on the cultural, political, and intellectual history of Archaic through Hellenistic Greece as well as the longer history of Greece and Greek culture in the medieval and modern eras. Before coming to MIT in 2023 as lecturer in ancient and medieval studies, jointly appointed in SHASS’s history and literature sections, Eric taught in the Department of the Classics at Harvard University (2021–23) and served as the assistant director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (2019–21). He holds a BA in classics from the University of Chicago and an MA and PhD in ancient history and Mediterranean archaeology from the University of California, Berkeley.
Paige Towler is an author and editor, currently working for Smithsonian Licensed Publishing and previously with National Geographic. Her books include History FACTopia!: Follow Ye Olde Trail of 40 Facts; Lost Mysteries: Secrets, Legends, and Treasures of the Past; Girls Can! Smash Stereotypes, Defy Expectations, and Make History!; and Journey Through Ellis Island, and she was the project editor and contributor for National Geographic's Poetry of US: More Than 200 Poems That Celebrate the People, Places, and Passions of the United States. She lives in Washington, DC.
Crash Course Books is a new imprint devoted to publishing nonfiction for students, classrooms, and lifelong learners. Crash Course Books is an extension of the popular Crash Course YouTube channel founded by Hank and John Green. Launched in 2012, Crash Course has published over 1,500 engaging vid...
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