William Shakespeare's Macbeth: A SourcebookAlexander Leggatt William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is 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:
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. |
Contents
List of Illustrations xi | 5 |
Introduction 1 | 7 |
Source | 15 |
Contemporary Documents | 25 |
Critical History | 39 |
Modern Criticism | 58 |
Studies in Shakespeares Major | 65 |
Lady Macbeths Amenorrhea | 71 |
From David Garricks adaptation of Macbeth 1744 | 106 |
Trevor Nunns Macbeth for Television | 113 |
Introduction | 123 |
Macbeth hesitates Lady Macbeth breaks his reluctance | 143 |
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth react to the murder | 150 |
The witches cauldron the riddling prophecies | 162 |
Lady Macduff and her son | 171 |
Lady Macbeth sleepwalks | 177 |
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