Focus on Macbeth
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Focus on Macbeth
(Routledge library editions, . Shakespeare ; 11 . Critical studies ; 5)
Routledge, 2005, c1982
Available at 1 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Reprint. Originally published: London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul , 1982
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Images of death / R.A. Foakes
- The kingdom, the power, and the glory in Macbeth / Brian Morris
- A new gorgon / D.J. Palmer
- Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / Marvin Rosenberg
- Macbeth, 1946-1980 at Stratford-upon-Avon / Gareth Lloyd Evans
- Multiplying villanies of nature / Robin Grove
- Language and action in Macbeth / Michael Goldman
- History, politics, and Macbeth / Michael Hawkins
- Macbeth and witchcraft / Peter Stallybrass
- Hurt minds / Derek Russell Davis
- Directing Macbeth / Peter Hall
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First published in 1982.
Macbeth exercises a strange influence over readers and theatre audiences: the words of the text offer no easy clue to meaning or significance and in dramatic structure the play is very different from other Shakespearean tragedies. Many kinds of study are needed in order to understand the tragedy of Macbeth and this book provides a wide range of studies that respect the individuality of the text and examine it from different viewpoints.
Contents include: Themes and Structure; Characterization and Narrative, Visual Effects, Performance in the Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Historical and Political Background; Role of Witchcraft; Game Theory.
Contributors include: John Russell Brown, Derek Russell Davis, Gareth Lloyd Evans, R A Foakes, Michael Goldman, Robin Grove, Peter Hall, Michael Hawkins, Brian Morris, D J Palmer, Marvin Rosenberg and Peter Stallybrass.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1 Themes and structure
- Chapter 1 Images of death: ambition in Macbeth, R. A. Foakes
- Chapter 2 The kingdom, the power and the glory in Macbeth, Brian Morris
- Chapter 3 'A new Gorgon': visual effects in Macbeth, D.J. Palmer
- Part 2 The play in the theatre
- Chapter 4 Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Marvin Rosenberg
- Chapter 5 Macbeth: 1946-80 at Stratford-upon-Avon, Gareth Lloyd Evans
- Part 3 Enacting the text
- Chapter 6 'Multiplying villainies of nature', Robin Grove
- Chapter 7 Language and action in Macbeth, Michael Goldman
- Part 4 Special studies
- Chapter 8 History, politics and Macbeth, Michael Hawkins
- Chapter 9 Macbeth and witchcraft, Peter Stallybrass
- Chapter 10 Hurt minds, Derek Russell Davis
- Part 5 A director's view of the play
- Chapter 11 Directing Macbeth, Peter Hall, John Russell Brown
- afterwOrd Afterword, John Russell Brown
by "Nielsen BookData"