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Macbeth / William Shakespeare

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, c2013Description: liv, 249 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780743477109
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • FIC .S53 2013
Contents:
Editors' preface -- Shakespeare's Macbeth -- Reading Shakespeare's language: Macbeth -- Shakespeare's Life -- Shakespeare's theater -- The publication of Shakespeare's plays -- An introduction to this text -- The tragedy of Macbeth.
Summary: In 1603, James VI of Scotland ascended the English throne, becoming James I of England. London was alive with an interest in all things Scottish, and Shakespeare turned to Scottish history for material. He found a spectacle of violence and stories of traitors advised by witches and wizards, echoing James’s belief in a connection between treason and witchcraft.
Item type: Books - Fiction
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Books - Fiction Books - Fiction National University - Manila LRC - Annex Fiction Fiction FIC .S53 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000010774

Editors' preface -- Shakespeare's Macbeth -- Reading Shakespeare's language: Macbeth -- Shakespeare's Life -- Shakespeare's theater -- The publication of Shakespeare's plays -- An introduction to this text -- The tragedy of Macbeth.

In 1603, James VI of Scotland ascended the English throne, becoming James I of England. London was alive with an interest in all things Scottish, and Shakespeare turned to Scottish history for material. He found a spectacle of violence and stories of traitors advised by witches and wizards, echoing James’s belief in a connection between treason and witchcraft.

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