Macbeth - The Oxford Shakespeare

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Brooke is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of East Anglia. Klappentext A play of darkness originally conceived for daylight performance at the Globe, Macbeth is a tour de force of theatrical illusion from the supernatural to mere delusion. In this fully annotated edition, Brooke investigates the great appeal of the play's use of illusion, relating its changing theatrical fortunes to changes within society and in theatrical conditions. Offering a fresh reconsideration of textual problems, the book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play within aesthetic history. Zusammenfassung Dark and violent, Macbeth is also the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare's tragedies. Indeed, for 250 years - until early this century - it was performed with grand operatic additions set to baroque music.In his introduction Nicholas Brooke relates the play's changing fortunes to changes within society and the theatre and investigates the sources of its enduring appeal. He examines its many layers of illusion and interprets its linguistic turns and echoes, arguing that the earliest surviving text is an adaptation, perhaps carried out by Shakespeare himself in collaboration with Thomas Middleton.This fully annotated edition reconsiders textual and staging problems, appraises past and present critical views, and represents a major contribution to our understanding of Macbeth. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Introduction; Editorial procedures; MACBETH; Appendices; Index...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: William Shakespeare
• Mitarbeit: Nichola Brooke (Herausgeber), Nicholas Brooke (Herausgeber), Brooke Nicholas (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Trade
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 27.03.2008
• EAN: 9780199535835
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953583-5
• Abmessung: 129 mm x 196 mm x 15 mm
• Serien: World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; The Oxford Shakespeare; World's classics; WORLD'S CLASSIC; Oxford World's Classics; The Oxford Shakespeare; WORLD'S CLASSIC; WORLD'S CLASSIC; World's classics
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Hauptwerk vor 1945; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, DRAMA / Shakespeare, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean