Macbeth (Vol. 90) | Further Reading
FURTHER READING
CRITICISM
Braunmuller, A. R., ed. Introduction to Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, pp. 1-93. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Presents an in-depth critical introduction to Macbeth, emphasizing the play's historical sources, major themes, language, and performance history.
Carroll, William C., ed. Macbeth: Texts and Contexts. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999, 394 p.
Locates Macbeth within its Jacobean cultural context, linking the tragedy thematically to a number of contemporary discourses on such issues as Scottish history, sovereignty, rebellion, and witchcraft.
Cartwright, Kent. “Scepticism and Theatre in Macbeth.” Shakespeare Survey 55 (2002): 219-36.
Argues that Macbeth represents a confluence of the vividly intense, almost believable, theatrical experience with the emerging proclivity for skepticism which shaped the...
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