| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 293 pages) |
| Series |
The Arden Shakespeare state of play series |
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Arden Shakespeare state of play series.
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| Contents |
Part 1 The Text and its status -- Notes and queries concerning the text of Macbeth / Anthony B. Dawson -- Dwelling 'in doubtful joy': Macbeth and the aesthetics of disappointment / Brett Gamboa -- Part 2 History and topicality -- Politic bodies in Macbeth / Dermot Cavanagh -- 'To crown my thoughts with acts': prophecy and prescription in Macbeth / Debapriya Sarkar -- Lady Macbeth, first ladies and the Arab Spring: the performance of power on the twenty-first century stage / Kevin A. Quarmby -- Part 3 Critical approaches and close reading -- 'A walking shadow': place, perception and disorientation in Macbeth / Darlene Farabee -- Cookery and witchcraft in Macbeth / Geraldo U. de Sousa -- 8. The language of Macbeth / Jonathan Hope and Michael Witmore -- Part 4 Adaptation and afterlife -- The shapes of Macbeth: the staged text / Sandra Clark -- Raising the violence while lowering the stakes: Geoffrey Wright's screen adaptation of Macbeth / Philippa Sheppard -- The butcher and the text: adaptation, theatricality and the 'Shakespea(Re)-told' Macbeth / Ramona Wray |
| Summary |
This is a freeze frame volume showcasing the range of current debate and ideas surrounding one of the most familiar of Shakespeare's tragedies: 'Macbeth'. Each chapter has been carefully selected for its originality and relevance to the needs of students, teachers and researchers |
| Notes |
"Published in association with The London Shakespeare Centre, King's College London, UK and the Department of English, Georgetown University, USA"--Back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Macbeth gnd |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth. idszbzes |
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Macbeth (Shakespeare, William) fast |
| Subject |
Shakespeare studies & criticism.
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Thompson, Ann, 1947- editor.
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London Shakespeare Centre.
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Georgetown University. Department of English.
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| ISBN |
9781472503220 |
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1472503228 |
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1472503198 |
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9781472503190 |
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147250321X |
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9781472503213 |
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9781306723909 |
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1306723906 |
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