{"product_id":"macbeth-9780300106541","title":"Macbeth","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the world's greatest dramatist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"To be able to read \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e with the eye of one of our profession's top linguists and scholars is a treat for the heart as well as the mind.\"--Tita French Baumlin, Southwest Missouri State University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Perhaps no other Shakespearean drama so engulfs its readers in the ruinous journey of surrender to evil as does \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e. A timeless tragedy about the nature of ambition, conscience, and the human heart, the play holds a profound grip on the Western imagination. This extensively annotated edition makes \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e completely accessible to twenty-first-century readers and provides a rich resource for students, teachers, and general readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Burton Raffel's on-page annotations offer generous help with vocabulary and usage of Elizabethan English, pronunciation, prosody, and alternative readings of phrases and lines. And in his introduction he provides religious and social contexts that increase the reader's understanding of the play. In a concluding essay, Harold Bloom argues that \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e--his favorite of Shakespeare's high tragedies--is the playwright's most internalized drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBurton Raffel\u003c\/b\u003e (1928-2015) was Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities Emeritus and professor of English emeritus, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Among his many edited and translated publications are \u003ci\u003ePoems and Prose from the Old English, Cligès, Lancelot, Perceval, Erec and Enide\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYvain\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eHarold Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (1930-2019) was Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University, and was the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhere Shall Wisdom Be Found?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50704798548242,"sku":"9780300106541","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a767a571-a157-4668-9952-27dd69451935.jpg?v=1775631718","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/macbeth-9780300106541","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}