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Shakespeare, William

 
9780192862426: Macbeth: The Oxford Shakespeare (Oxford World's Classics)

Synopsis

A new edition of Shakespeare's most theatrical, most renown tragedy Emma Smith's introduction offers a comprehensive assessment of the play, from its stage setting, to performance history, to Macbeth's first soliloquy, and the final act Examines the play's contemporary contexts ― the patronage of James VI and the Gunpowder Plot ― and modern contexts ― gender, psychology, and representation Combines fresh, new scholarship from leading researchers with authoritative texts and comprehensive notes in order to offer readers a complete guide to Shakespeare Uses the text from the landmark The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition collated from all surviving original versions of Shakespeare's work Presented in modern spelling and punctuation with accessible critical apparatus to best aid understanding of the plays and poems.

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À propos de l'auteur

Emma Smith is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Hertford College. She has published widely on Shakespeare and her work This is Shakespeare (2019) was a Sunday Times Bestseller. She has worked with theatre companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre, participated in radio programmes including Radio 3's Sunday Feature and Radio 4's In Our Time, and served as a consultant for TV and film. She is the General Editor for the Oxford World's Classics editions of the New Oxford Shakespeare.


John Jowett is Emeritus Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham. He is the General Editor of the New Oxford Shakespeare with particular responsibility for the original-spelling Critical Reference edition. He is General Editor for the ongoing Arden Early Modern Drama, a parallel series to the Arden Shakespeare that publishes non-Shakespearian drama of the early modern period.


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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0216872014 ISBN 13 :  9780216872011
Editeur : Blackie, 1969
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