Macbeth (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300106541)

The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the world's greatest dramatist

"To be able to read Macbeth with the eye of one of our profession's top linguists and scholars is a treat for the heart as well as the mind."--Tita French Baumlin, Southwest Missouri State University

Perhaps no other Shakespearean drama so engulfs its readers in the ruinous journey of surrender to evil as does Macbeth. A timeless tragedy about the nature of ambition, conscience, and the human heart, the play holds a profound grip on the Western imagination. This extensively annotated edition makes Macbeth completely accessible to twenty-first-century readers and provides a rich resource for students, teachers, and general readers.

Burton Raffel's on-page annotations offer generous help with vocabulary and usage of Elizabethan English, pronunciation, prosody, and alternative readings of phrases and lines. And in his introduction he provides religious and social contexts that increase the reader's understanding of the play. In a concluding essay, Harold Bloom argues that Macbeth--his favorite of Shakespeare's high tragedies--is the playwright's most internalized drama.

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN-10: 0300106548
ISBN-13: 9780300106541
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/08/2005
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 134
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2006 pg. 1 - Strongly Recommended