Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet. Classic Must-Read: Classic Must-Read

Author: Shakespeare
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Publication Date: 2001-06-01
Features: Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet: Designated reading material by the Ministry of Education's Outline for Secondary School Chinese Language Teaching. Shakespeare was a giant of the European Renaissance, and his masterpieces are treasures of human culture. Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet include two beloved plays by Shakespeare, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, translated by Sun Dali, a renowned Chinese poet, literary translator, and Shakespeare scholar. Professor Sun is one of the few scholars in China who translates Shakespearean plays in poetic form rather than prose. His translation preserves the original spirit and style as much as possible by transferring the five-foot iambic verse of the original into the five-syllable metrical verse he himself created in the 1920s. Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet is part of the "Essential Reading for Secondary School Students Designated by the Ministry of Education" series published by Shanghai Century Publishing Group, Shanghai Translation Publishing House. The preface briefly introduces the features of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, providing necessary guidance for young readers.