Macbeth

Nicolas Tredell

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2006
• Print ISBN: 9781403999252
• eBook ISBN: 9781350317055
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Theatre

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Notes on the Text
• Introduction
• Chapter One: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: The Development of Macbeth Criticism
• Chapter Two: The Nineteenth Century: Romantic and Victorian Macbeth
• Chapter Three: The Early Twentieth Century: Tragedy, Psychoanalysis and Imagery
• CHapter Four: The Mid-Twentieth Century: History, Nature and Evil
• Chapter Five: The Later Twentieth Century: Politics, Violence and Ideology
• Chapter Six: The Later Twentieth Century: Language, Subjectivity and Subversion
• Chapter Seven: The Later Twentieth Century: Men, Women and Witches
• Conclusion: The Twenty-first Century and Future Directions
• Notes
• Select Bibliography
• Select Filmography
• Index