Macbeth: The State of Play

by Ann Thompson (Editor), Unknown

A "freeze frame" volume showcasing the range of current debate and ideas surrounding one of the most familiar of Shakespeare's tragedies. Each chapter has been carefully selected for its originality and relevance to the needs of students, teachers and researchers. Key themes and topics covered include:

The Text and its Status
History and Topicality
Critical Approaches and Close Reading
Adaptation and Afterlife

All the essays offer new perspectives and combine to give readers an up-to-date understanding of what's exciting and challenging about Macbeth. The approach based on an individual play, unlike that of topic-based series, reflects how Shakespeare is most commonly studied and taught.

Genres: Shakespeare

362 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Michael P. · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am writing about this book for SNL, so I can't really say a whole lot about it here. The subtitle is a lie, quite frankly. This is really just a collection of essays about sundry topics relating to the play that a few people felt like writing in 2011, published in 2014. Some are very good essays, others less so.