Macbeth: Fully annotated edition with over 900 textual notes (Alma Classics Evergreens)

Shakespeare, William

ISBN 10: 1847495133 / ISBN 13: 9781847495136

Published by Alma Classics, 2025

Seller Inventory # I-9781847495136

Synopsis:

A tale of unbridled greed and an insatiable thirst for power set in eleventh-century Scotland, Macbeth has long been recognized as Shakespeare's fastest-moving tragedy, combining relentless narrative momentum with a profound examination of how psychological coercion mixed with personal ambition can lead to murder – and how individual impulses can shape both a man's own destiny and the course of history.

Written in around 1606 and published in the First Folio of 1623, Macbeth is presented here in a fully annotated edition that will make the text accessible to twenty-first-century readers, enabling them to appreciate its poetry andencouraging them to delve deeper into its variegated and complex history.

Textual Approach: Light editorial approach making the text more accessible to modern readers – Meticulous editing, faithful to the first Folio of 1623 – Over 900 textual notes for a clearer or fuller understanding of a word, sentence or passage – Historical notes at the end of the book Additional notes about variants – Appendix with modernised and annotated Holinshed text – Includes Middleton's witches' songs – Takes into consideration all modern Shakespeare scholarship – Provides new insight into one of Shakespeare's major tragedies.

About the Author: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Macbeth: Fully annotated edition with over ...
Publisher: Alma Classics
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New