William Shakespeare's Macbeth: A Sourcebook

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Alexander Leggatt
Taylor & Francis, 2006 - 197 Seiten
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William Shakespeare's Macbeth is a timeless tale of love, greed and power, which has given rise to heated debates around such issues as the representation of gender roles, political violence and the dramatisation of evil.

Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Shakespeare's play presents:

  • extensive introductory comment on the contexts, critical history and performance of the text, from publication to present
  • annotated extracts from key contextual documents, reviews, critical works and the text itself
  • cross-references between documents and sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
  • suggestions for further reading.

Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Macbeth and seeking not only a guide to the play, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Shakespeare's text.

 

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Inhalt

List of Illustrations
5
Contextual Overview
7
Source
15
Contemporary Documents
25
Critical History
39
Modern Criticism
58
The Work in Performance
89
From Peter Thomson Shakespeares Theatre 1983
96
From David Garricks adaptation of Macbeth 1744
106
Trevor Nunns Macbeth for Television
113
Introduction
123
Further Reading
189
Index
195
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William Shakespeare's Macbeth: A Sourcebook
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Über den Autor (2006)

Alexander Leggatt is Professor of English at University College, University of Toronto. He has published many books and articles on Shakespeare and ahs won an Outstanding Teaching Award from the Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto.

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TitelWilliam Shakespeare's Macbeth: A Sourcebook
Routledge guides to literature
HerausgeberAlexander Leggatt
Ausgabeillustriert, kommentiert
VerlagTaylor & Francis, 2006
ISBN0415238250, 9780415238250
Länge197 Seiten
  
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