Adapting Macbeth: A Cultural History

by William C. Carroll

Book Overview

In this study, William C. Carroll analyses a wide range of adaptations and appropriations of Macbeth across different media to consider what it is about the play that compels our desire to reshape it. Arguing that many of these adaptations attempt to 'improve' or 'correct' the play's perceived political or aesthetic flaws, Carroll traces how Macbeth's popularity and adaptability stems from several of its formal features: its openly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350288543
• ISBN13: 9781350288546
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Arden Shakespeare
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"