Macbeth: The State of Play

by Ann Thompson (Editor), Lena Cowen Orlin (Editor)

Overview

A "freeze frame" volume showcasing the range of current debate and ideas surrounding one of the most familiar of Shakespeare's tragedies. Each chapter has been carefully selected for its originality and relevance to the needs of students, teachers and researchers. Key themes and topics covered include:

The Text and its Status
History and Topicality
Critical Approaches and Close Reading
Adaptation and Afterlife

All the essays offer new perspectives and combine to give readers an up-to-date understanding of what's exciting and challenging about Macbeth. The approach based on an individual play, unlike that of topic-based series, reflects how Shakespeare is most commonly studied and taught.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781408159828
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/24/2014
Series:	Arden Shakespeare The State of Play
Pages:	312
Sales rank:	308,877
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

The Series Editors are Professor Ann Thompson, King's College London and Professor Lena Orlin, Georgetown University. Ann Thompson is a Professor of English and Director of the London Shakespeare Centre, King's College London. She is a General Editor of the Arden Shakespeare Third Series. Lena Orlin is Chief Executive of the Shakespeare Association of America.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
Ann Thompson

THE TEXT AND ITS STATUS
Notes and Queries Concerning the Text of Macbeth
Anthony B. Dawson

Dwelling 'in doubtful joy': Macbeth and the Aesthetics of Disappointment
Brett Gamboa

HISTORY AND TOPICALITY
Politic Bodies in Macbeth
Dermot Cavanagh

'To crown my thoughts with acts': Prophecy and Prescription in Macbeth
Debapriya Sarkar

Lady Macbeth, First Ladies and the Arab Spring: The Performance of Power on the Twenty-First Century Stage
Kevin A. Quarmby

CRITICAL APPROACHES AND CLOSE READING
'A walking shadow': Place, Perception and Disorientation in Macbeth
Darlene Farabee

Cookery and Witchcraft in Macbeth
Geraldo U. de Sousa

The Language of Macbeth
Jonathan Hope and Michael Witmore

ADAPTATION AND AFTERLIFE

The Shapes of Macbeth: The Staged Text
Sandra Clark

Raising the Violence while Lowering the Stakes: Geoffrey Wright's Screen Adaptation of Macbeth
Philippa Sheppard

The Butcher and the Text: Adaptation, Theatricality and the 'Shakespea(Re)-Told' Macbeth
Ramona Wray