Macbeth (F 1623)

Rigney

ISBN 10: 0133554392 / ISBN 13: 9780133554397

Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd, GB, 1996

About this Item

The Shakespearean Originals Series takes as its point of departure the question: "What is it that we read Shakespeare?" The answer may seem self-evident: we read the words that Shakespeare wrote. But do we? In the case of all the major editions of Shakespeare available in the market, the fact of the matter is that many of the words that we read in an edition of, say, Hamlet, never appeared in the text as it was printed during or shortly after Shakespeare's own lifetime. They are the interpetations and interpolations of a series of editors who have been systematically changing Shakespeare's text from the eighteenth century onwards.This volume offers the text of Macbeth, as printed in the 1623 First Folio.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Macbeth (F 1623)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0133554392
• ISBN 13: 9780133554397
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 13.34W x 1.27H x 19.69D centimeters 13.34 centimeters width by 1.27 centimeters height by 19.69 centimeters depth
• Weight: 359 grams

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Synopsis

The Shakespearean Originals Series takes as its point of departure the question: "What is it that we read Shakespeare?" The answer may seem self-evident: we read the words that Shakespeare wrote. But do we? In the case of all the major editions of Shakespeare available in the market, the fact of the matter is that many of the words that we read in an edition of, say, Hamlet, never appeared in the text as it was printed during or shortly after Shakespeare's own lifetime. They are the interpetations and interpolations of a series of editors who have been systematically changing Shakespeare's text from the eighteenth century onwards.

This volume offers the text of Macbeth, as printed in the 1623 First Folio.

About the Author

James Rigney