Macbeth - A Critical Reader

Informationen zum Autor Dale Townshend is Lecturer in English Studies at the University of Stirling, UK. He is author of The Orders of the Gothic and co-editor of Gothic Shakespeares . Klappentext ARDEN RENAISSANCE DRAMA GUIDES offer students and academics practical and accessible introductions to the critical and performance contexts of key Elizabethan and Jacobean plays. Essays from leading international scholars provide invaluable insights into the text by presenting a range of critical perspectives, making the books ideal companions for study and research.Key features include:Essays on the play's critical and performance historyA keynote essay on current research and thinking about the playA selection of new essays by leading scholarsA survey of resources to direct students' further reading about the play in print and onlineRegularly performed and studied, Macbeth is not only one of Shakespeare's most popular plays but also provides us with one of the literary canon's most compellingly conflicted tragic figures. This guide offers fresh new ways into the play.Introducing key themes and the history of the play's performance and critical reception, this is a comprehensive guide to Macbeth by leading international scholars. Zusammenfassung Introducing key themes and the history of the play's performance and critical reception, this is a comprehensive guide to Macbeth by leading international scholars. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Introduction, Andrew Hiscock and Lisa Hopkins Macbeth Timeline Introduction, John Drakakis and Dale Townshend 1. The Critical Backstory, Sandra Clarke 2. Performance History, Laury Magnus 3. The State of the Art, Julie Sanders 4. New Directions i. Macbeth in the Present, Terence Hawkes ii. Unsexing Macbeth , Dale Townshend iii. Macbeth , Religion and Nationalism, Adrian Streete iv. Macbeth and Sovereignty 5. Resources, Christy Desmet Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index ...

Product details

• Authors: John Drakakis, Dale Townshend
• Assisted by: John Drakakis (Editor), Dale Townshend (Editor)
• Publisher: Arden shakespeare
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.07.2013
• EAN: 9780567432278
• ISBN: 978-0-567-43227-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 199 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Arden Early Modern Drama; Arden Early Modern Drama; Arden Early Modern Drama Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Englisch, Shakespeare, William, Shakespeare, Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker, Drama, Theaterstücke, Drehbücher, Englische Bücher / Geisteswissenschaften / Literaturwissenschaft, Anglistik / Literaturwissenschaft, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare