Macbeth
1st Edition
Published on 14. May 2006
192 pages
978-1-350-31705-5 (ISBN)
Description
This guide provides a survey of the wide range of responses to Macbeth, as well as the key debates and developments from the 17th century to the present day. Chronologically structured, the guide summarizes and assesses key interpretations, sets them in context and supplies extracts from criticism which exemplify critical positions.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-350-31705-5 (9781350317055)
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NICOLAS TREDELL is Consultant Editor of the Palgrave Macmillan Readers' Guides and has produced five Guides for the series. He has published widely on literary criticism and theory - his previous publications include The Critical Decade (1993), Conversations with Critics (1994) and a history of film theory, Cinemas of the Mind (2002). For many years he has taught and convened Sussex University literature courses, most recently on Shakespeare.
Content
Acknowledgements
Note on the Text
Introduction
The Seventeenth to the Late Eighteenth Century: The Development of Macbeth Criticism
The Nineteenth Century: Romantic and Victorian Macbeth
The Early Twentieth Century: Tragedy, Psychoanalysis and Imagery
The Mid-Twentieth Century: History, Manhood, the Naked Babe, Nature and Evil
The Later Twentieth Century: History, Tragedy, Violence and Ideology
The Later Twentieth Century: Language, Subjectivity, and Subversion
The Later Twentieth Century: Men, Women and Witches
Conclusion: The Twenty-First Century: Future Directions
Select Bibliography
Select Filmography
Index.
Note on the Text
Introduction
The Seventeenth to the Late Eighteenth Century: The Development of Macbeth Criticism
The Nineteenth Century: Romantic and Victorian Macbeth
The Early Twentieth Century: Tragedy, Psychoanalysis and Imagery
The Mid-Twentieth Century: History, Manhood, the Naked Babe, Nature and Evil
The Later Twentieth Century: History, Tragedy, Violence and Ideology
The Later Twentieth Century: Language, Subjectivity, and Subversion
The Later Twentieth Century: Men, Women and Witches
Conclusion: The Twenty-First Century: Future Directions
Select Bibliography
Select Filmography
Index.
