{"product_id":"macbeth-william-shakespeare-9780300106541","title":"Macbeth","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the world's greatest dramatist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"To be able to read \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Perhaps no other Shakespearean drama so engulfs its readers in the ruinous journey of surrender to evil as does \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e completely accessible to twenty-first-century readers and provides a rich resource for students, teachers, and general readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e--his favorite of Shakespeare's high tragedies--is the playwright's most internalized drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300106548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300106541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2005 pg. 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 1 - Strongly Recommended","brand":"William Shakespeare","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044501811455,"sku":"9780300106541","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3435b840-d01b-4624-838a-e7f2dd63d32d.jpg?v=1684973221","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/macbeth-william-shakespeare-9780300106541","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}