Macbeth - William Shakespeare
The Text of Macbeth, The Actors Gallery, Sources and Contexts, Criticism, Afterlives, Resources
KORTE INHOUD
A tragedy that evokes both pity and terror―now in a thoroughly revised and updated Norton Critical Edition. The Norton Critical Edition is again based on the First Folio (1623), the only authoritative text of the play. The volume includes a revised introduction and new annotations and textual notes.
The Second Edition also includes the innovative feature “The Actors’ Gallery,” which presents famous actors and actresses―among them David Garrick, Sarah Siddons, Ian McKellen, Hira Mikijirô, Patrick Stewart, and Kate Fleetwood―reflecting on their roles in major productions of Macbeth for stage and screen.
“Sources and Contexts” provides readers with an understanding of Macbeth’s origins in earlier texts, specifically the works of the Roman playwright Seneca, the Tudor historian Raphael Holinshed, and the medieval drama The Slaughter of the Innocents and the Death of Herod. Contexts for the play include contemporary debates on predestination versus free will (Martin Luther versus Erasmus), witchcraft as fiction or f...
The Second Edition also includes the innovative feature “The Actors’ Gallery,” which presents famous actors and actresses―among them David Garrick, Sarah Siddons, Ian McKellen, Hira Mikijirô, Patrick Stewart, and Kate Fleetwood―reflecting on their roles in major productions of Macbeth for stage and screen.
“Sources and Contexts” provides readers with an understanding of Macbeth’s origins in earlier texts, specifically the works of the Roman playwright Seneca, the Tudor historian Raphael Holinshed, and the medieval drama The Slaughter of the Innocents and the Death of Herod. Contexts for the play include contemporary debates on predestination versus free will (Martin Luther versus Erasmus), witchcraft as fiction or f...
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2013 Uitgever: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. 416 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0393923266 ISBN-13: 9780393923261Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Engelstalige paperback, op schutblad een paar verwijzingen naar belangrijke delen in het boek over Guilt, Ambition and Revenge, verder een mooi exemplaar met een nog kaarsrechte rug. ; 2014; W.W. Norton; 381 pagina's; Titel: Macbeth. A Norton Critical Edition - The Text of Macbeth, The Actors Gallery, Sources and Contexts, Criticism, Afterlives, Resources; Ref: 239796 / H24P934A
