Vol.15 No.8 1948 - page 946

A carefully edited
combit1ation
of tiJe Quarto
ami 1olio texts of Shakespeare's
HAMLET
with a psycho-analytical study
by DR. ERNEST JONES,
President of the International Psycho-AnalyticalAssociation
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H IS
edition of Hamlet, aimed at presenting
the closest approximation to the original
text of Shakespeare, was first published this
year by the Vision Press, Ltd. of London. It includes
14
full-page and spot drawings made especially for
this edition by F. Robert Johnson.
In the important psycho-analytical introduction,
called "T he Problem of Hamlet and T he Oedipus
Complex", Dr. Jones sets forth a new explanation of
the central mystery in the plaY:-the cause of Ham–
let's hesitancy in seeking to revenge his father's mur–
der. Available at your bookseller's for $2.50.
1he rrexl two 'Vision Press volumes
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T. S. ELIOT: A Study of His Writings
by Several Hands.
Edited
by
B.
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THE EAGLE HAS TWO HEADS,
by
Jean Cocteau
Adapted
by
:Ronald Duncan
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