The Klingon HamletSimon and Schuster, 19. mai 2001 - 240 pages For too long, readers throughout the Federation have been exposed to The Tragedy of Khamlet, Son of the Emperor of Qo'nos, that classic work of Klingon™ literature, only through inadequate and misleading English translations. Now at last, thanks to the tireless efforts of the Klingon Language Institute, this powerful drama by the legendary Klingon playwright, Wil'yam Shex'pir, can be appreciated in the elegance and glory of its original tongue. This invaluable volume contains the complete text of the play, along with an English translation for easy consultation and comparison. In addition, an incisive introduction explains the play's crucial importance in Klingon culture, while copious notes illustrate how the debased English version diverges from the original, often distorting and even reversing the actual meaning of the verses. Khamlet, the Restored Klingon Version, is a work that belongs in the library of every human who hopes truly to understand what it means to be Klingon. |
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... eye on Klingon society, at both the individual level and in its relations with other civilizations. The Problem Plays enjoy a less wide audience; they are, as Khamlet himself would say, “stuffed to'baj legs to the general.” Many ...
... eye on Klingon society, at both the individual level and in its relations with other civilizations. The Problem Plays enjoy a less wide audience; they are, as Khamlet himself would say, “stuffed to'baj legs to the general.” Many ...
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... eyes and speak to it. Tush, tush, 'twill not appear. Sit down awhile; And let us once again assail your ears, That are so fortified against our story What we have two nights seen. Well, sit we down, And let us hear Bernardo speak of ...
... eyes and speak to it. Tush, tush, 'twill not appear. Sit down awhile; And let us once again assail your ears, That are so fortified against our story What we have two nights seen. Well, sit we down, And let us hear Bernardo speak of ...
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... eyes. Is it not like the king? As thou art to thyself: Such was the very armour he had on When he the ambitious Norway combated; So frown'd he once when, in an angry parle, He smote the sledded Polacks on the ice. 'Tis strange. Thus ...
... eyes. Is it not like the king? As thou art to thyself: Such was the very armour he had on When he the ambitious Norway combated; So frown'd he once when, in an angry parle, He smote the sledded Polacks on the ice. 'Tis strange. Thus ...
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... eye. In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets: As, stars with trains of fire and dews of blood ...
... eye. In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets: As, stars with trains of fire and dews of blood ...
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