Macbeth, 9780192862426
Paperback
Blood, ambition, and dark omens collide in Shakespeare’s haunting power play.

Macbeth

The New Oxford Shakespeare

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  • Paperback

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    3 July 2024

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Summary

‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?’

Dark and violent, Macbeth is a restless, haunting exploration of the human costs of violence and power. One of the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare’s plays, Macbeth has endured as a psychologically and supernaturally sinister work. Emma Smith’s introduction considers the historical and contemporary contexts of the play, from the influence of the Gunpowder Plot as an act of domestic terrorism, to the combi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780192862426
ISBN-10:0192862421
Author:William Shakespeare, John Jowett, Emma Smith
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:3 July 2024
Weight:126g
Dimensions:195mm x 130mm x 11mm
Series:Oxford World's Classics
About The Author

William Shakespeare

Emma Smith is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Hertford College. She has published widely on Shakespeare and her work This is Shakespeare (2019) was a Sunday Times Bestseller. She has worked with theatre companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre, participated in radio programmes including Radio 3’s Sunday Feature and Radio 4’s In Our Time, and served as a consultant for TV and film. She is the General Editor for the Oxford World’s Classics editions of the New Oxford Shakespeare.

John Jowett is Emeritus Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham. He is the General Editor of the New Oxford Shakespeare with particular responsibility for the original-spelling Critical Reference edition. He is General Editor for the ongoing Arden Early Modern Drama, a parallel series to the Arden Shakespeare that publishes non-Shakespearian drama of the early modern period.

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