{"product_id":"9781847495136","title":"Macbeth : Fully annotated edition with over 900 textual notes by William Shakespeare","description":"A tale of unbridled greed and an insatiable thirst for power set in eleventh-century Scotland, Macbeth has long been recognized as Shakespeare's fastest-moving tragedy, combining relentless narrative momentum with a profound examination of how psychological coercion mixed with personal ambition can lead to murder - and how individual impulses can shape both a man's own destiny and the course of history.   Written in around 1606 and published in the First Folio of 1623, Macbeth is presented here in a fully annotated edition that will make the text accessible to twenty-first-century readers, enabling them to appreciate its poetry andencouraging them to delve deeper into its variegated and complex history.   Textual Approach: Light editorial approach making the text more accessible to modern readers - Meticulous editing, faithful to the first Folio of 1623 - Over 900 textual notes for a clearer or fuller understanding of a word, sentence or passage - Historical notes at the end of the book Additional notes about variants - Appendix with modernised and annotated Holinshed text - Includes Middleton's witches' songs - Takes into consideration all modern Shakespeare scholarship - Provides new insight into one of Shakespeare's major tragedies.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55205850677621,"sku":"9781847495136","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781847495136_5bc852ab-4b8e-4ac8-a356-04abedc79eda.jpg?v=1748099168","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781847495136","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}