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William Shakespeare's Macbethis a timeless tale of love, greed and power, which has given rise to heated debates around such issues as the representation of gender roles, political violence and the dramatisation of evil. Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Shakespeare's play presents:* extensive introductory comment on the contexts, critical history and performance of the text, from publication to present* annotated extracts from key contextual documents, reviews, critical works and the text itself* cross-references between documents and sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism* suggestions for further reading.Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Macbeth and seeking not only a guide to the play, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Shakespeare's text.
目录
List of Illustrations p. xi
Editor's Note p. xii
Acknowledgements p. xiii
Introduction p. 1
Contexts
Contextual Overview p. 7
Chronology p. 12
Source p. 15
From Raphael Holinshed, The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Ireland (1587) p. 15
Contemporary Documents p. 25
From Newes from Scotland (1591) p. 25
From William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part One (c. 1590) p. 28
From James VI and I, Basilicon Doron (1599) p. 30
From Thomas Dekker, John Ford and William Rowley, The Witch of Edmonton (1621) p. 32
Interpretations
Critical History p. 39
Early Critical Reception p. 44
From Samuel Johnson, Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of 'Macbeth': with Remarks on Sir T. H.'s Edition of Shakespeare (1745) p. 44
From Arthur Murphy, 'Criticism on the Tragedy of Macbeth' (1753) 45 From Elizabeth Montagu, An Essay on the 'Writings and Genius of Shakespeare (1769) p. 46
From Francis Gentleman, The Dramatic Censor; or, Critical Companion (1770) p. 49
From Thomas De Quincey, 'On the Knocking on the Gate in "Macbeth" '(1823) p. 54
From A. C. Bradley, Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth (1904) p. 54
Modern Criticism p. 58
From L. C. Knights, 'How Many Children Had Lady Macbeth? An Essay in the Theory and Practice of Shakespeare Criticism' (1933) p. 58
From Cleanth Brooks, The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry (1947) p. 61
From John Holloway, The Story of the Night: Studies in Shakespeare's Major Tragedies (1961) p. 65
From Joan Larsen Klein, 'Lady Macbeth: "Infirm of Purpose" '(1980) p. 68
From Jenijoy La Belle, '"A Strange Infirmity": Lady Macbeth's Amenorrhea' (1980) p. 71
From Stephen Booth, King Lear, Macbeth, Indefinition, and Tragedy (1983) p. 74
From Barbara Everett, Young Hamlet: Essays on Shakespeare's Tragedies (1989) p. 75
From Harriett Hawkins, Classics and Trash: Traditions and Taboos in High Literature and Popular Modern Genres (1990) p. 77
From Janet Adelman, Suffocating Mothers: Fantasies of Maternal Origin in Shakespeare's Plays, Hamlet to The Tempest (1992) p. 78
From Stephen Greenblatt, 'Shakespeare Bewitched' (1994) p. 83
From David Scott Kastan, Shakespeare after Theory (1999) p. 86
The Work in Performance p. 89
Introduction p. 89
Performance p. 94
From Simon Forman, The Book of Plays and Notes thereof per Forman for Common Policy (1611) p. 94
From Peter Thomson, Shakespeare's Theatre (1983) p. 96
From Sir William D'Avenant, Macbeth a Tragedy. With all the Alterations, Amendments, Additions and New Songs (1664) p. 100
From David Garrick's adaptation of Macbeth (1744) p. 106
From Kenneth Tynan, Curtains (1961) p. 107
From James Goodwin, Akira Kurosawa and Intertextual Cinema (1994) p. 109
From Kenneth S. Rothwell, A History of Shakespeare on Screen: a Century of Film and Television (1999) p. 111
Marion D. Perret, 'Double, Double: Trevor Nunn's Macbeth for Television' (1992) p. 113
From Sinead Cusack with Carol Rutter, 'Lady Macbeth's Barren Sceptre', in Carol Rutter et al., "Clamorous Voices: Shakespeare's Women Today (1989) p. 116
From Derek Jacobi, 'Macbeth', in Robert Smallwood, ed., Players of Shakespeare 4 (1998) p. 119
Key Passages
Introduction p. 123
Summary of the Action p. 124
The Characters p. 125
Key Passages p. 126
Act 1, Scene 1: The witches p. 126
Act 1, Scene 2: Rebellion and enemy invasion; Macbeth as war hero p. 128
Act 1, Scene 3: Macbeth and Banquo encounter the witches p. 132
Act 1, Scene 5: Lady Macbeth reads Macbeth's letter, and prepares to urge him to murder p. 139
Act 1, Scene 7: Macbeth hesitates; Lady Macbeth breaks his reluctance p. 143
Act 2, Scene 1, lines 33-64: Macbeth sees 'a dagger of the mind' p. 148
Act 2, Scene 2: Macbeth and Lady Macbeth react to the murder p. 150
Act 3, Scene 4: The banquet; Banquo's ghost p. 155
Act 4, Scene 1: The witches' cauldron; the riddling prophecies p. 162
Act 4, Scene 2: Lady Macduff and her son p. 171
Act 4, Scene 3, lines 139-73: Edward the Confessor and Macbeth: a good king and a tyrant p. 175
Act 5, Scene 1: Lady Macbeth sleepwalks p. 177
Act 5, Scene 5: Macbeth hears of the death of Lady Macbeth p. 181
Further Reading
Recommended Editions of Macbeth p. 189
Contexts p. 189
The Play in Performance p. 190
Film Versions p. 191
Criticism p. 191
Index p. 195
Editor's Note p. xii
Acknowledgements p. xiii
Introduction p. 1
Contexts
Contextual Overview p. 7
Chronology p. 12
Source p. 15
From Raphael Holinshed, The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Ireland (1587) p. 15
Contemporary Documents p. 25
From Newes from Scotland (1591) p. 25
From William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part One (c. 1590) p. 28
From James VI and I, Basilicon Doron (1599) p. 30
From Thomas Dekker, John Ford and William Rowley, The Witch of Edmonton (1621) p. 32
Interpretations
Critical History p. 39
Early Critical Reception p. 44
From Samuel Johnson, Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of 'Macbeth': with Remarks on Sir T. H.'s Edition of Shakespeare (1745) p. 44
From Arthur Murphy, 'Criticism on the Tragedy of Macbeth' (1753) 45 From Elizabeth Montagu, An Essay on the 'Writings and Genius of Shakespeare (1769) p. 46
From Francis Gentleman, The Dramatic Censor; or, Critical Companion (1770) p. 49
From Thomas De Quincey, 'On the Knocking on the Gate in "Macbeth" '(1823) p. 54
From A. C. Bradley, Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth (1904) p. 54
Modern Criticism p. 58
From L. C. Knights, 'How Many Children Had Lady Macbeth? An Essay in the Theory and Practice of Shakespeare Criticism' (1933) p. 58
From Cleanth Brooks, The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry (1947) p. 61
From John Holloway, The Story of the Night: Studies in Shakespeare's Major Tragedies (1961) p. 65
From Joan Larsen Klein, 'Lady Macbeth: "Infirm of Purpose" '(1980) p. 68
From Jenijoy La Belle, '"A Strange Infirmity": Lady Macbeth's Amenorrhea' (1980) p. 71
From Stephen Booth, King Lear, Macbeth, Indefinition, and Tragedy (1983) p. 74
From Barbara Everett, Young Hamlet: Essays on Shakespeare's Tragedies (1989) p. 75
From Harriett Hawkins, Classics and Trash: Traditions and Taboos in High Literature and Popular Modern Genres (1990) p. 77
From Janet Adelman, Suffocating Mothers: Fantasies of Maternal Origin in Shakespeare's Plays, Hamlet to The Tempest (1992) p. 78
From Stephen Greenblatt, 'Shakespeare Bewitched' (1994) p. 83
From David Scott Kastan, Shakespeare after Theory (1999) p. 86
The Work in Performance p. 89
Introduction p. 89
Performance p. 94
From Simon Forman, The Book of Plays and Notes thereof per Forman for Common Policy (1611) p. 94
From Peter Thomson, Shakespeare's Theatre (1983) p. 96
From Sir William D'Avenant, Macbeth a Tragedy. With all the Alterations, Amendments, Additions and New Songs (1664) p. 100
From David Garrick's adaptation of Macbeth (1744) p. 106
From Kenneth Tynan, Curtains (1961) p. 107
From James Goodwin, Akira Kurosawa and Intertextual Cinema (1994) p. 109
From Kenneth S. Rothwell, A History of Shakespeare on Screen: a Century of Film and Television (1999) p. 111
Marion D. Perret, 'Double, Double: Trevor Nunn's Macbeth for Television' (1992) p. 113
From Sinead Cusack with Carol Rutter, 'Lady Macbeth's Barren Sceptre', in Carol Rutter et al., "Clamorous Voices: Shakespeare's Women Today (1989) p. 116
From Derek Jacobi, 'Macbeth', in Robert Smallwood, ed., Players of Shakespeare 4 (1998) p. 119
Key Passages
Introduction p. 123
Summary of the Action p. 124
The Characters p. 125
Key Passages p. 126
Act 1, Scene 1: The witches p. 126
Act 1, Scene 2: Rebellion and enemy invasion; Macbeth as war hero p. 128
Act 1, Scene 3: Macbeth and Banquo encounter the witches p. 132
Act 1, Scene 5: Lady Macbeth reads Macbeth's letter, and prepares to urge him to murder p. 139
Act 1, Scene 7: Macbeth hesitates; Lady Macbeth breaks his reluctance p. 143
Act 2, Scene 1, lines 33-64: Macbeth sees 'a dagger of the mind' p. 148
Act 2, Scene 2: Macbeth and Lady Macbeth react to the murder p. 150
Act 3, Scene 4: The banquet; Banquo's ghost p. 155
Act 4, Scene 1: The witches' cauldron; the riddling prophecies p. 162
Act 4, Scene 2: Lady Macduff and her son p. 171
Act 4, Scene 3, lines 139-73: Edward the Confessor and Macbeth: a good king and a tyrant p. 175
Act 5, Scene 1: Lady Macbeth sleepwalks p. 177
Act 5, Scene 5: Macbeth hears of the death of Lady Macbeth p. 181
Further Reading
Recommended Editions of Macbeth p. 189
Contexts p. 189
The Play in Performance p. 190
Film Versions p. 191
Criticism p. 191
Index p. 195
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