书目

Macbeth

内容简介

In1603，JamesVIofScotlandascendedtheEnglishthrone，becomingJamesIofEngland.LondonwasalivewithaninterestinallthingsScottish，andShakespeareturnedtoScottishhistoryformaterial.Hefoundaspectacleofviolenceandstoriesoftraitorsadvisedbywitchesandwizards，echoingJames’sbeliefinaconnectionbetweentreasonandwitchcraft.

Indepictingamanwhomurderstobecomeking，Macbethteasesuswithhugequestions.IsMacbethtemptedbyfate，orbyhisorhiswife’sambition?Whydoestheirsuccessturntoashes?

Likeotherplays，Macbethspeakstoeachgeneration.Itsstorywasonceseenasthatofaherowhocommitsanevilactandpaysanenormousprice.Recently，ithasbeenappliedtonationsthatoverreachthemselvesandtomodernalienation.ThelineisblurredbetweenMacbeth’sevilandhisopponents’good，andtherearenewattitudestowardbothwitchcraftandgender.

TheauthoritativeeditionofMacbethfromTheFolgerShakespeareLibrary，thetrustedandwidelyusedShakespeareseriesforstudentsandgeneralreaders，includes：

-Freshlyeditedtextbasedonthebestearlyprintedversionoftheplay
-Newlyrevisedexplanatorynotesconvenientlyplacedonpagesfacingthetextoftheplay
-Scene-by-sceneplotsummaries
-Akeytotheplay’sfamouslinesandphrases
-AnintroductiontoreadingShakespeare’slanguage
-AnessaybyaleadingShakespearescholarprovidingamodernperspectiveontheplay
-FreshimagesfromtheFolgerShakespeareLibrary’svastholdingsofrarebooks
-Anup-to-dateannotatedguidetofurtherreading

EssaybySusanSnyder

TheFolgerShakespeareLibraryinWashington，DC，ishometotheworld’slargestcollectionofShakespeare’sprintedworks，andamagnetforShakespearescholarsfromaroundtheglobe.Inadditiontoexhibitionsopentothepublicthroughouttheyear，theFolgeroffersafullcalendarofperformancesandprograms.Formoreinformation，visitFolger.edu.

作者简介

WilliamShakespearewasborninApril1564inthetownofStratford-upon-Avon,onEngland’sAvonRiver.Whenhewaseighteen,hemarriedAnneHathaway.Thecouplehadthreechildren—anolderdaughterSusannaandtwins,JudithandHamnet.Hamnet,Shakespeare’sonlyson,diedinchildhood.ThebulkofShakespeare’sworkinglifewasspentinthetheaterworldofLondon,whereheestablishedhimselfprofessionallybytheearly1590s.Heenjoyedsuccessnotonlyasaplaywrightandpoet,butalsoasanactorandshareholderinanactingcompany.Althoughsomethinkthatsometimebetween1610and1613ShakespeareretiredfromthetheaterandreturnedhometoStratford,wherehediedin1616,othersbelievethathemayhavecontinuedtoworkinLondonuntilclosetohisdeath.,BarbaraA.MowatisDirectorofResearchemeritaattheFolgerShakespeareLibrary,ConsultingEditorofShakespeareQuarterly,andauthorofTheDramaturgyofShakespeare’sRomancesandofessaysonShakespeare’splaysandtheirediting.,PaulWerstineisProfessorofEnglishattheGraduateSchoolandatKing’sUniversityCollegeatWesternUniversity.HeisageneraleditoroftheNewVariorumShakespeareandauthorofEarlyModernPlayhouseManuscriptsandtheEditingofShakespeareandofmanypapersandarticlesontheprintingandeditingofShakespeare’splays.,

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