{"product_id":"macbeth-paperback-31","title":"Macbeth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBurton Raffel\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003eA 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. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBurton Raffel\u003c\/b\u003e was Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities Emeritus and professor of English emeritus, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Among his many edited and translated publications are \u003ci\u003ePoems and Prose from the Old English, Cligès, Lancelot, Perceval, Erec and Enide, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Yvain, \u003c\/i\u003eall published by Yale University Press. \u003cb\u003eHarold Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e was Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University, and was the author of many books, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eincluding\u003ci\u003e The Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhere Shall Wisdom Be Found?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42176914391175,"sku":"9780300106541","price":9.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/aff243ce293efe2002432db1cf09d9ad.webp?v=1733393568","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/macbeth-paperback-31","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}