Macbeth Contributor(s): Shakespeare, William (Author), Raffel, Burton (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0300106548 ISBN-13: 9780300106541 Publisher: Yale University Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2005 Annotation: Perhaps no other Shakespearean drama so engulfs its readers in the ruinous journey of surrender to evil as does "Macbeth. "A timeless tragedy about the nature of ambition, conscience, and the human heart, the play holds a profound grip on the Western imagination. Click for more in this series: Annotated Shakespeare |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Drama | Shakespeare - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare |
Dewey: 822.33 |
LCCN: 2004024959 |
Series: Annotated Shakespeare |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.6" L (0.48 lbs) 256 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 134 Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2006 pg. 1 - Strongly Recommended |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "To be able to read Macbeth with the eye of one of our profession's top linguists and scholars is a treat for the heart as well as the mind."--Tita French Baumlin, Southwest Missouri State University Perhaps no other Shakespearean drama so engulfs its readers in the ruinous journey of surrender to evil as does Macbeth. A timeless tragedy about the nature of ambition, conscience, and the human heart, the play holds a profound grip on the Western imagination. This extensively annotated edition makes Macbeth completely accessible to twenty-first century readers and provides a rich resource for students, teachers, and general readers. Burton Raffel's on-page annotations offer generous help with vocabulary and usage of Elizabethan English, pronunciation, prosody, and alternative readings of phrases and lines. And in his introduction he provides religious and social contexts that increase the reader's understanding of the play. In a concluding essay, Harold Bloom argues that Macbeth--his favorite of Shakespeare's high tragedies--is the playwright's most internalized drama. |
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