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OverviewIn this study, William C. Carroll analyses a wide range of adaptations and appropriations of Macbeth across different media to consider what it is about the play that compels our desire to reshape it. Arguing that many of these adaptations attempt to ‘improve’ or ‘correct’ the play’s perceived political or aesthetic flaws, Carroll traces how Macbeth’s popularity and adaptability stems from several of its formal features: its openly political nature; its inclusion of supernatural elements; its parable of the dangers of ambition; its violence; its brevity; and its domestic focus on a husband and wife. The study ranges across elite and popular culture divides: from Sir William Davenant’s adaptation for the Restoration stage (1663–4), an early 18th-century novel, The Secret History of Mackbeth and Verdi's Macbeth, through to 20th- and 21st-century adaptations for stage and screen, as well as contemporary novelizations, young adult literature and commercial appropriations that testify to the play's absorption into contemporary culture. Full Product DetailsAuthor: William C. Carroll , Professor Mark Thornton BurnettPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: The Arden Shakespeare Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9781350181397ISBN 10: 1350181390 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 24 February 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Note on Text Introduction: Macbeth and Mackbeth, the prequel 1 Political Macbeth 2 ‘The gracious Duncan’ and ‘our eldest, Malcolm’ 3 The return of Fleance 4 Noir Macbeth 5 Recuperating Lady Macbeth 6 Novelizing Macbeth 7 Global and racial Macbeth 8 Macbeth, the musical Epilogue: Macbeth 3.0 Notes Works Cited IndexReviewsCarroll's net is cast wide and there are chapters on the novel, global and racial Macbeths, as well as musical versions. Stage and cinematic adaptations figure throughout. Geographically, the range is impressive-no fewer than thirty different countries are mentioned ... [Carroll] has a fluent grasp of this play's multitudinous reincarnations. This elegant study will surely become a model of condensation and explication of the continuing cultural presence of Shakespeare's apparently immortal literary artefacts. * Adaptation * Carroll’s net is cast wide and there are chapters on the novel, global and racial Macbeths, as well as musical versions. Stage and cinematic adaptations figure throughout. Geographically, the range is impressive—no fewer than thirty different countries are mentioned … [Carroll] has a fluent grasp of this play’s multitudinous reincarnations. This elegant study will surely become a model of condensation and explication of the continuing cultural presence of Shakespeare’s apparently immortal literary artefacts. * Adaptation * Offers a rich compendium of examples, providing both a resource for and an invitation to readers and researchers to explore further themselves. * Shakespeare Survey * Carroll’s net is cast wide and there are chapters on the novel, global and racial Macbeths, as well as musical versions. Stage and cinematic adaptations figure throughout. Geographically, the range is impressive—no fewer than thirty different countries are mentioned … [Carroll] has a fluent grasp of this play’s multitudinous reincarnations. This elegant study will surely become a model of condensation and explication of the continuing cultural presence of Shakespeare’s apparently immortal literary artefacts. * Adaptation * This impeccably researched, detailed book has much to offer to anyone studying, teaching, directing or taking part in what is probably Shakespeare’s best known play. * Ink Pellet * Offers a rich compendium of examples, providing both a resource for and an invitation to readers and researchers to explore further themselves. * Shakespeare Survey * Carroll’s net is cast wide and there are chapters on the novel, global and racial Macbeths, as well as musical versions. Stage and cinematic adaptations figure throughout. Geographically, the range is impressive—no fewer than thirty different countries are mentioned … [Carroll] has a fluent grasp of this play’s multitudinous reincarnations. This elegant study will surely become a model of condensation and explication of the continuing cultural presence of Shakespeare’s apparently immortal literary artefacts. * Adaptation * Author InformationWilliam C. Carroll is Professor of English Emeritus at Boston University, USA. He has edited five editions of early modern plays, including Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Arden Third Series, 2004), Love’s Labour’s Lost (2009) and Thomas Middleton, Four Plays (Methuen Drama, 2012), has authored three critical books and is the Co-General Editor of the New Mermaids series of plays. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |