Macbeth: A Critical Reader (Arden Early Modern Drama Guides) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0567432270 ISBN 13: 9780567432278

Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare, 2013

Synopsis

Regularly performed and studied, Macbeth is not only one of Shakespeare's most popular plays but also provides us with one of the literary canon's most compellingly conflicted tragic figures. Assembled by leading scholars, this guide provides a comprehensive survey of major issues in the contemporary study of the play.

Macbeth: A Critical Guide also includes a complete guide to resources available on the play - including critical editions, online resources and an annotated bibliography - and how they might be used to aid both the teaching and study of Shakespeare's enduring tragedy.

About this title

About the Authors

Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at University of Sheffield Hallam. She has published numerous works on Shakespeare including her most recent work, Beginning Shakespeare (2005) and has written on film adaptations including Screening the Gothic. She is the Senior Editor of the online journal, Early Modern Literary Studies.

John Drakakis is Professor of English Studies at the University of Stirling, UK. He is Editor of Alternative Shakespeares, Shakespearean Tragedy, the Arden 3 edition of The Merchant of Venice, General Editor of Routledge's New Critical Idiom series, and joint editor and contributor to Gothic Shakespeares.


John Drakakis is a professor of literature at the University of Stirling, UK.

Andrew Hiscock is Professor of English at Bangor University, UK.

Dale Townshend is Lecturer in English Studies at the University of Stirling, UK. He is author of The Orders of the Gothic and co-editor of Gothic Shakespeares.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567432270
• ISBN 13: 9780567432278
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Drakakis John, Townshend Dale