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Macbeth: The Pelican Shakespeare

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Macbeth: The Pelican Shakespeare
Authors and Contributors      By (author) William Shakespeare
Edited by Stephen Orgel
Edited by A.R. Braunmuller
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:100
Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 129
Category/GenreShakespeare plays
ISBN/Barcode 9780143128564
ClassificationsDewey:822.33
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint Plume
Publication Date 29 March 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

This legendary Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Updated for the 21st century by editors Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA, 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. With all new cover designs, these affordable Shakespeares are perfect for students, teachers, scholars and theatre professionals alike.

Author Biography

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April, 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. 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.

Reviews

"Gorgeous new Shakespeare paperbacks." -Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings "I have been using the Pelican Shakespeare for years in my lecture course--it's invaluable, the best individual-volume series available for students." -Marjorie Garber, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University