Macbeth: The Pelican Shakespeare Paperback – Big Book, 29 March 2016
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This edition of Macbeth is edited with an introduction by series editor Stephen Orgel. and was recently repackaged with cover art by Manuja Waldia. Waldia received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for the Pelican Shakespeare series. Cover artist Manuja Waldia received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for the Pelican Shakespeare series.
The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With stunning new covers, definitive texts, and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
- ISBN-100143128566
- ISBN-13978-0143128564
- Edition1st
- PublisherPlume
- Publication date29 March 2016
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions0.9 x 12.9 x 19.7 cm
- Print length100 pages
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About the Author
A. R. Braunmuller is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has written critical volumes on George Peele and George Chapman and has edited plays in both the Oxford (King John) and Cambridge (Macbeth) series of Shakespeare editions. He is also general editor of The New Cambridge Shakespeare.
Stephen Orgel is the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of the Humanities at Stanford University and general editor of the Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture. His books include Imagining Shakespeare, The Authentic Shakespeare, Impersonations: The Performance of Gender in Shakespeare's England and The Illusion of Power.
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- ASIN : 0143128566
- Publisher : Plume
- Publication date : 29 March 2016
- Edition : 1st
- Language : English
- Print length : 100 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780143128564
- ISBN-13 : 978-0143128564
- Item weight : 110 g
- Dimensions : 0.9 x 12.9 x 19.7 cm
- Lexile measure : NP0L
- Best Sellers Rank: #185,670 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #194 in Works of Shakespeare
- #442 in Regional & Cultural Dramas & Plays
- #3,884 in Classic Literature & Fiction
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- Helpful SalReviewed in the United States on 8 September 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Sturdy Paperback Copy
Verified PurchaseThis was a sturdy paperback copy. I think a lot of themes of Macbeth are still prevalent in humankind today. I enjoyed reading it in high school and still do. I have read it numerous times, and each time I read it I still learn more about Shakespeare and what a genius he truly was in his writing style.
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Elena BlesaReviewed in Spain on 27 March 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars Mi libro favorito ❤️
Verified PurchaseMacbeth no solo es mi obra de Shakespeare favorita, sino en general. La compré por recomendación, había leído otras ediciones que no terminaban de encajar conmigo (unas demasiadas notas, otras notas muy pobres). En este libro las anotaciones que son realmente útiles sin sobrecargar de información al lector y facilitando una lectura más ligera y disfrutable. Además que tampoco alteran la extensión del libro en exceso, haciéndolo compacto y portable.