The tragedy of Macbeth : with new and updated critical essays and a revised bibliography
1998
Book
Shakespeare's great tragedy tells of the lord Macbeth, who plots to assume the throne of Scotland by murdering the king. This edition includes the play's source material from Holinshed, along with critical essays on the play, past and present.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780451526779
- 0451526775
Edition: Second revised edition.
Description: lxxiv, 214 pages ; 18 cm.
Other Title: Macbeth
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214).
Contents:
- Shakespeare: an overview ; Introduction ; The tragedy of Macbeth ; The source of Macbeth: selections from Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland ; Commentaries: Macbeth / Samuel Johnson
- From Shakespearean tragedy / A.C. Bradley
- Source and motive in Macbeth and Othello / Elmer Edgar Stoll
- General Macbeth / Mary McCarthy
- Lady Macbeth : "infirm of purpose" / Joan Larsen Klein
- Macbeth : history, ideology, and intellectuals / Alan Sinfield
- Macbeth on stage and screen / Sylvan Barnet.
Control Number: 2645040
Publisher: New York : Penguin Group, [1998]Series:
- A Signet classic.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 1963. New American Library.
- Signet classic.
- The Signet classic Shakespeare.
Subjects:
- Kings and rulers -- Assassination -- Scotland -- Drama.
- Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century -- Drama.
- Regicide -- Drama.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth -- Criticism and interpretation.
Genre: Drama.
Other Authors: Barnet, Sylvan, editor.