"With clear and engaging explanation, Professor Miola offers a general introduction to the play, as well as commentary from well-known actors who have played its major roles from the mid-eighteenth century on and material on critical debates. Rather than take single viewpoints on such topics as witchcraft, tyrannicide, equivocation, and the union of Scotland and England, he presents each issue as a debate, open to fruitful discussion among students and colleagues."--CYNTHIA LEWIS, Davidson College "Framing this devastating ...
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"With clear and engaging explanation, Professor Miola offers a general introduction to the play, as well as commentary from well-known actors who have played its major roles from the mid-eighteenth century on and material on critical debates. Rather than take single viewpoints on such topics as witchcraft, tyrannicide, equivocation, and the union of Scotland and England, he presents each issue as a debate, open to fruitful discussion among students and colleagues."--CYNTHIA LEWIS, Davidson College "Framing this devastating play with illuminating readings, this wonderful edition offers readers a vivid introduction to the Macbeths' blood-steeped world."--TANYA POLLARD, City University of New York University
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