PDF Macbeth: New Critical Essays (Shakespeare Criticism) by From Routledge in Arts-Photography

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This volume offers a wealth of critical analysis; supported with ample historical and bibliographical information about one of Shakespearersquo;s most enduringly popular and globally influential plays. Its eighteen new chapters represent a broad spectrum of current scholarly and interpretive approaches; from historicist criticism to performance theory to cultural studies. A substantial section addresses early modern themes; with attention to the protagonists and the discourses of politics; class; gender; the emotions; and the economy; along with discussions of significant lsquo;minorrsquo; characters and less commonly examined textual passages. Further chapters scrutinize Macbethrsquo;s performance; adaptation and transformation across several mediamdash;stage; film; text; and hypertextmdash;in cultural settings ranging from early nineteenth-century England to late twentieth-century China. The editorrsquo;s extensive introduction surveys critical; theatrical; and cinematic interpretations from the late seventeenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first; while advancing a synthetic argument to explain the shifting relationship between two conflicting strains in the tragedyrsquo;s reception. Written to a level that will be both accessible to advanced undergraduates and; at the same time; useful to post-graduates and specialists in the field; this book will greatly enhance any study of Macbeth.Contributors: Rebecca Lemon; Jonathan Baldo; Rebecca Ann Bach; Julie Barmazel; Abraham Stoll; Lois Feuer; Stephen Deng; Lisa Tomaszewski; Lynne Bruckner; Michael David Fox; James Wells; Laura Engel; Stephen Buhler; Bi-qi Beatrice Lei; Kim Fedderson and J. Michael Richardson; Bruno Lessard; Pamela Mason.