Understanding Macbeth [eBook - ABC-Clio via NC Live] : a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents

Authors:Faith Nostbakken (Author), William Shakespeare

Summary:This rich interdisciplinary collection of primary materials and commentary about Shakespeare's Macbeth will help student and teacher explore historical, literary, theatrical, social, and political issues related to the play.

Print Book, English, 1997

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Publisher: Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn., 1997

Series:

Literature in Context (Greenwood Press)

Genre:Sources

Physical Description:xviii, 235 pages illustrations 25 cm.

ISBN:

9781573566544, 9780313296307, 1573566543, 0313296308

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1238025654

Subjects:

Écosse Dans la littérature

Literature

Literature and history

Literature and history Sources

Littérature et histoire Sources

Macbeth (Shakespeare, William)

Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century

Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century In literature

Politics and literature

Politics and literature Sources

Politique et littérature Sources

Scotland

Scotland In literature

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sources

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Contents:

PrefaceIntroductionDramatic AnalysisTragedyHistory RewrittenThe TextPoetic and Dramatic PatternsHistorical ContextMonarchy and Tyranny: The Boundaries of KingshipTreason and Equivocation: The Gunpowder PlotToil and Trouble: Witchcraft in England and ScotlandPerformance and InterpretationThe Jacobean StageFrom the Restoration to the Nineteenth CenturyThe Twentieth CenturyCurrents of CriticismContemporary ApplicationsCrime and Punishment: A Quest for PowerBeyond the Courtroom: The Social and Psychological ImpactIndex

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