{"product_id":"approaches-to-teaching-shakespeares-macbeth","title":"Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare''s Macbeth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew avenues for teaching Macbeth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShakespeare's \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e combines the themes of ambition, assassination, guilt, and the supernatural in ways that continue to provoke questions about political legitimacy, the construction of national and personal identities, and the role of violence in defining masculinity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis insightful and informative volume will appeal to both seasoned Shakespeareans and beginning teachers. Part 1, \"Materials,\" introduces the most helpful scholarly and critical background works on \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e. Part 2, \"Approaches,\" addresses the play from many perspectives: among other subjects, essays examine how film adaptations, videos, novels, and memes inspired by the play explore ideas of authority and leadership. The topics traced in the volume—the uncanny and the ideological, trustworthiness and deception—point to the play's continued relevance in classrooms today. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume contains discussion of Martin Campbell's \u003ci\u003eCasino Royale\u003c\/i\u003e; Joel Coen's \u003ci\u003eThe Tragedy of Macbeth\u003c\/i\u003e; Bob Dylan's \"License to Kill\"; Patricia Highsmith's \u003ci\u003eThe Talented Mr. Ripley\u003c\/i\u003e; Antunes Filho's \u003ci\u003eTrono de Sangue\u003c\/i\u003e; Susan Fraser King's \u003ci\u003eLady Macbeth\u003c\/i\u003e; Akira Kurosawa's \u003ci\u003eThrone of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e; Lü Po-shen's \u003ci\u003eSonata of the Witches\u003c\/i\u003e; Shaun Manning and Anna Wieszczyk's \u003ci\u003eMacbeth: The Red King\u003c\/i\u003e; Thomas Middleton's \u003ci\u003eThe Witch\u003c\/i\u003e; Jo Nesbø's \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e; Sally O'Reilly's \u003ci\u003eDark Aemilia\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eA Novel of Shakespeare's Dark Lady\u003c\/i\u003e; performances of Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e directed by Eve Best, Cressida Brown, Gregory Doran, Polly Findlay, Sam Gold, Rupert Goold, Justin Kurzel, Yukio Ninagawa, Trevor Nunn, Teller and Aaron Posner, Orson Welles, and others; and Penny Woolcock's \u003ci\u003eMacbeth on the Estates\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57505055900021,"sku":"9781603297417","price":76.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781603297417.jpg?v=1786954006","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/approaches-to-teaching-shakespeares-macbeth","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}