{"product_id":"macbeth-by-william-shakespeare-paperback-2004","title":"Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Paperback, 2004)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #333333; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMacbeth \u003c\/strong\u003eby\u003cstrong\u003e William Shakespeare (Norton Critical Edition)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA rich “Sources and Contexts” section provides readers with an understanding of Macbeth’s origins from earlier texts, specifically the works of the Roman playwright Seneca, the Tudor historian Raphael Holinshed, and a medieval drama \u003cem\u003eThe Slaughter of the Holy Innocents and the Death of Herod\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe contexts for the play include contemporary debates on predestination vs. free will (Martin Luther vs. Erasmus), witchcraft as fiction or fact (Reginald Scot vs. King James I), the ethics of regicide (an Elizabethan homily vs. Juan de Mariana, S.J.), and a treatise on equivocation (Henry Garnet, S.J.). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis edition also features adaptations--Davenant's moralistic \u003cem\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/em\u003e, some travesties, and Welcome Msomi's recent South African retelling, \u003cem\u003euMabatha\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeventeen carefully chosen essays represent four hundred years of critical and theatrical interpretations, from the early observations of Simon Forman and Samuel Johnson to the Romantic readings of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt, and Thomas De Quincey, to recent essays by Janet Adelman and Stephen Orgel. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSarah Siddons and Derek Jacobi remember performing \u003cem\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/em\u003e, and Peter Holland surveys film interpretations. A Selected Bibliography is also included.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003clabel\u003eFormat:\u003c\/label\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback | 416 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003clabel\u003eDimensions (cm):\u003c\/label\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e21.2 x 13 x 2 | 496g -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/label\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"datePublished\"\u003e16 Jan 2004\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/label\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemscope=\"Penguin Books Ltd\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003eW. 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Some minor damage to the cover including minor creasing and scuff marks along the edges, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing, but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verse \u0026 Prose","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56309316354214,"sku":"004028","price":9.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/0827\/6646\/files\/MacbethbyWilliamShakespeare_81478a4b-99d3-4e21-b935-5223b035cdd8.jpg?v=1773882332","url":"https:\/\/verseandprose.com.au\/products\/macbeth-by-william-shakespeare-paperback-2004","provider":"Verse \u0026 Prose ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}