William Shakespeare's Macbeth
Subtitle: a sourcebook
By: [edited by] Alexander Leggatt.
Contributors: Leggatt, Alexander.
Series: Routledge guides to literature
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Macbeth, King of Scotland, 11th cent. -- In literature; Regicides in literature; Scotland -- In literature
Description: "William Shakespeare's Macbeth (c. 1606) 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 spectacular play offers: extensive introductory comments on the contexts, critical history and many interpretations of the text, from first performance to the present; annotated extracts from key contextual documents, reviews, critical works and text itself; cross-references between documents and sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism; and suggestions for further reading."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.