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Macbeth (Barnes & Noble Shakespeare)[麦克白]

内容简介

Macbeth,byWilliamShakespeare,ispartoftheBarnes&NobleShakespeareseries.ThisuniqueseriesfeaturesnewlyeditedtextspreparedbyleadingscholarsfromAmericaandGreatBritain,incollaborationwithoneoftheworld’sforemostShakespeareauthorities,DavidScottKastanofColumbiaUniversity.TogethertheyhaveproducedtextsasfaithfulaspossibletothosethatShakespearewrote.EachvolumeintheBarnes&NobleShakespeareincludes:NewScholarship–Premierescholarsintroduceeachplaywithcontemporaryscholarship.Anessayoneditingthetextprovidesanin-depthlookatthequartosandfoliosusedintheedition.ContextualizingEssays–EssaysonShakespeare’sEngland,language,andlife,alongwithessaysonperformingShakespeareandsignificantperformancesframetheplayinbothhistoricalandtheatricalcontextforreaders.Alookatthelastinginfluenceoftheplayonmusic,art,film,anddancecreatesaninterdisciplinaryframeworkwithwhichtoapproachtheplay.BetterNotes–Throughone-wordmargindefinitions,facing-pageglosses,andlongerendnotesaftertheplay,ourinnovativeapproachtonotespullsreadersawayfromthetextfewertimeswhileprovidingthemwithmoreinformationandcomprehensiveanalysis.FurtherReading–Anannotatedbibliographyoftitles,hand-selectedbytheintroductionauthor,takesreadersbeyondtheeditionforfurtherreading.TheonlyShakespeareantragedythathasavillainasitshero,Macbethpresentsastarkanddisturbingviewofthepsychologyofwickednessandguilt.Theeditor,JesseM.Lander,drawsontheearlymodernliteratureofwitchcraftanddemonologytoprovideanilluminatingcontextfortheplay.

作者简介

WilliamShakespeare(26April1564–23April1616)wasanEnglishpoetandplaywright,widelyregardedasthegreatestwriterintheEnglishlanguageandtheworld'spre-eminentdramatist.HeisoftencalledEngland'snationalpoetandthe"BardofAvon".Hissurvivingworks,includingsomecollaborations,consistofabout38plays,154sonnets,twolongnarrativepoems,twoepitaphsonamannamedJohnCombe,oneepitaphonEliasJames,andseveralotherpoems.Hisplayshavebeentranslatedintoeverymajorlivinglanguageandareperformedmoreoftenthanthoseofanyotherplaywright.

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