Dr. Joseph P. Haughey is an associate professor of English education and assistant director of teacher education at Northwest Missouri State University, where he teaches classes in composition, literature, and education. His other research interests beyond Hamlet include incorporating graphic novels in antiracist pedagogies, the use of graphic adaptations in teaching canonical texts, the historical analysis of Shakespeare's evolving role in American education, and general issues more broadly in teacher preparation, critical literacy, antiracism in schools, and rural education. Before joining the faculty at Northwest, Dr. Haughey taught middle and high school ELA in California and Alaska.

Prologue: "Begin at This Line"

Acknowledgments

Chapter One: "I Could a Tale Unfold": Telling a Good Ghost Story, Bard-Style

Chapter Two: "There Is Method in It": Hamlet's Sinking Mental Health: Diving Deep into the Soliloquies

Chapter Three: "Words of so Sweet Breath": Listening to Women's Voices: What Ophelia and Gertrude Reveal

Chapter Four: "Like the Painting of a Sorrow": Drawing Scenes from Hamlet: Getting Visual with the Text

Chapter Five: "I Have Been Sexton/Sixteene Here": How Old Is Hamlet Anyway: Getting Gritty with Textual History

Epilogue: "This Business is Well Ended"

Appendix B: "I Have Some Rights of Memory": A Note on Fortinbras

Glossary: "Words, words, words"

Works Cited

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