{"product_id":"adapting-macbeth-9781350181397","title":"Adapting Macbeth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this study, William C. Carroll analyses a wide range of adaptations and appropriations of \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e's popularity and adaptability stems from several of its formal features: its openly political nature; its inclusion of supernatural elements; its parable of the dangers of ambition; its violence; its brevity; and its domestic focus on a husband and wife.  The study ranges across elite and popular culture divides: from Sir William Davenant's adaptation for the Restoration stage (16634), an early 18th-century novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History of Mackbeth\u003c\/i\u003e and Verdi''s \u003ci\u003eMacbeth,\u003c\/i\u003e through to 20th- and 21st-century adaptations for stage and screen, as well as contemporary novelizations, young adult literature and commercial approp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis impeccably researched, detailed book has much to offer to anyone studying, teaching, directing or taking part in what is probably Shakespeare’s best known play. * Ink Pellet *\u003cbr\u003eOffers a rich compendium of examples, providing both a resource for and an invitation to readers and researchers to explore further themselves. * Shakespeare Survey *\u003cbr\u003eCarroll’s net is cast wide and there are chapters on the novel, global and racial \u003ci\u003eMacbeths\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as musical versions. Stage and cinematic adaptations figure throughout. Geographically, the range is impressive—no fewer than thirty different countries are mentioned … [Carroll] has a fluent grasp of this play’s multitudinous reincarnations. This elegant study will surely become a model of condensation and explication of the continuing cultural presence of Shakespeare’s apparently immortal literary artefacts. * Adaptation *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Illustrations \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNote on Text \u003c\/i\u003e Introduction: \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e and Mackbeth, the prequel  1 Political \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e  2 ‘The gracious Duncan’ and ‘our eldest, Malcolm’  3 The return of Fleance  4 \u003ci\u003eNoir\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e  5 Recuperating Lady Macbeth  6 Novelizing \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e  7 Global and racial \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e  8 \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e, the musical  Epilogue: \u003ci\u003eMacbeth \u003c\/i\u003e3.0  \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWorks Cited \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019633885527,"sku":"9781350181397","price":76.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350181397.jpg?v=1750780850","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/adapting-macbeth-9781350181397","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}