Macbeth Multiplied

Macbeth Multiplied
Title Macbeth Multiplied PDF eBook
Author Christoph Clausen
Publisher Rodopi
Pages 286
Release 2005
Genre Art
ISBN 9042018879

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In what sense did Shakespeare's representation of the Weird Sisters participate in the rewriting of village witchcraft? Was it likely to "encourage the Sword"? Did opera's specific medial conditions offer Verdi special opportunities to justify the presence of stage witches more than three centuries later? How valid is the parallel between 19th century opera and the voyeurism of madhouse spectacle? Was Shakespeare's play really engaged in the project of exorcizing Queen Elizabeth's cultural memory? What does Verdi's chorus of Scottish refugees have to do with shifting representations of 'the people'? These are among the questions tackled in this study. It provides the first in-depth comparison of Shakespeare's and Verdi's Macbeth that is written expressly from the perspective of current Shakespearean criticism whilst striving to do justice to the topic's musicological dimension at the same time. Exploring to what extent the play's matrix of possible readings is distinct from Verdi's two operatic versions, the book seeks to relate such differences both to the historical contexts of the works' geneses and to their respective medial conditions. In doing so, it pays particular attention to shifting negotiations of witchcraft, gender, madness, and kingship. The study eventually broadens its discussion to consider other Shakespearean plays and their operatic offshoots, reflecting on some possible relations between historical and medial difference.

Deconstructing Macbeth

Deconstructing Macbeth
Title Deconstructing Macbeth PDF eBook
Author Harald William Fawkner
Publisher Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Pages 276
Release 1990
Genre Drama
ISBN 9780838633939

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Macbeth is discussed in relation to Derrida's notion of the metaphysics of presence. Fawkner argues that the quest for metaphysical certitude in Macbeth is related to the hero's transformation from a heroic to a post-heroic status.

Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi
Title Giuseppe Verdi PDF eBook
Author Gregory W. Harwood
Publisher Routledge
Pages 466
Release 2012
Genre Art
ISBN 0415881897

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This comprehensive research guide surveys the most significant published materials relating to Giuseppe Verdi. This new edition includes research since the publication of the first edition in 1998.

Shakespeare's Domestic Tragedies

Shakespeare's Domestic Tragedies
Title Shakespeare's Domestic Tragedies PDF eBook
Author Emma Whipday
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 275
Release 2019-01-03
Genre Drama
ISBN 1108474039

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Reassess the relationship between Shakespeare's Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and the emerging genre of domestic tragedy by other early modern playwrights.

Shakespeare in the World

Shakespeare in the World
Title Shakespeare in the World PDF eBook
Author Suddhaseel Sen
Publisher Routledge
Pages 226
Release 2020-10-15
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1000206068

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Shakespeare in the World traces the reception histories and adaptations of Shakespeare in the nineteenth century, when his works became well-known to non-Anglophone communities in both Europe and colonial India. Sen provides thorough and searching examinations of nineteenth-century theatrical, operatic, novelistic, and prose adaptations that are still read and performed, in order to argue that, crucial to the transmission and appeal of Shakespeare’s plays were the adaptations they generated in a wide range of media. These adaptations, in turn, made the absorption of the plays into different "national" cultural traditions possible, contributing to the development of "nationalist cosmopolitanisms" in the receiving cultures. Sen challenges the customary reading of Shakespeare reception in terms of "hegemony" and "mimicry," showing instead important parallels in the practices of Shakespeare adaptation in Europe and colonial India. Shakespeare in the World strikes a fine balance between the Bard’s iconicity and his colonial and post-colonial afterlives, and is an important contribution to Shakespeare studies.

The Adventures of a Shakespeare Scholar

The Adventures of a Shakespeare Scholar
Title The Adventures of a Shakespeare Scholar PDF eBook
Author Marvin Rosenberg
Publisher University of Delaware Press
Pages 380
Release 1997
Genre Drama
ISBN 9780874135985

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Rarely does a scholar single-handedly point Shakespeare study in a new direction. But in the 1950s, Marvin Rosenberg led the way to a wider perspective of the poet-playwright's genius. The essays in this collection, which span Rosenberg's entire career, reflect the remarkable diversity of the scholar's pursuit of his vision.

Macbeth

Macbeth
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