Macbeth Before Shakespeare

Macbeth before Shakespeare is a history of the medieval King Macbeth and his legend that was the basis for William Shakespeare's Tragedie of Macbeth. It traces the life of the real man and his important innovations, while showing how different legends were created in subsequent eras.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Note on Methodology


• List of Abbreviations


• Acknowledgments


• Preface


• Introduction: A Man and a Legend


• Chapter 1: Macbeth: Place and Past


• Chapter 2: Macbeth Emerges


• Chapter 3: King of All the Scots


• Chapter 4: Fame and Defamation


• Chapter 5: Not the Beginning of the Legend


• Chapter 6: Weird Sisters and the Prior of Loch Leven


• Chapter 7: Macbeth and Renaissance Scotland


• Chapter 8: The Scot in Tudor England


• Chapter 9: Macbeth before Shakespeare


• Conclusion


• Appendix 1: Children of Macbeth


• Appendix 2: Andrew of Wyntoun's Macbeth Episode: A Translation


• Notes


• Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Benjamin Hudson is Professor of History and Medieval Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. His books include Viking Pirates and Christian Princes: Dynasty, Religion, and Empire in the North Atlantic (OUP, 2005) and The Picts.
Viking Pirates and Christian Princes: Dynasty, Religion, and Empire in the North Atlantic (OUP, 2005).

Zusammenfassung

Macbeth before Shakespeare is a history of the medieval King Macbeth and his legend that was the basis for William Shakespeare's Tragedie of Macbeth. It traces the life of the real man and his important innovations, while showing how different legends were created in subsequent eras.

Zusatztext

In this book the reader is taken on a relaxed and pleasant journey, written in an attractive and accessible style, through all mentions of Macbeth prior to Shakespeare's famous play, with explanations of the texts and some helpful scene setting.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Benjamin Hudson, Benjamin (Professor of History and Medieva Hudson, Benjamin (Professor of History and Medieval Studies Hudson, Hudson Benjamin
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.01.2023
• EAN: 9780197567531
• ISBN: 978-0-19-756753-1
• Seiten: 312
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik > Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; English, HISTORY / Civilization, DRAMA / Shakespeare, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean