內容簡介
Unique features of the Signet Classic Shakespeare
An extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, Sylvan Barnet
A special introduction to the play by the editor, Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University
Source from which Shakespeare derived Macbeth—selections from Raphael Holinshed's The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Dramatic criticism from the past and present: commentaries by A. C. Bradley, Elmer Edgar Stoll, Mary McCarthy, Joan Larsen Klein, Alan Sinfield
A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of Macbeth, then and now
Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable type
Up-to-date list of recommended readings
作者簡介
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He was one of eight children born to John Shakespeare, a merchant of some standing in his community. William probably went to the King's New School in Stratford, but he had no university education. In November 1582, at the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, who was pregnant with their first child, Susanna. She was born on May 26, 1583. Twins, a boy, Hamnet ( who would die at age eleven), and a girl, Judith, were born in 1585. By 1592 Shakespeare had gone to London working as an actor and already known as a playwright. A rival dramatist, Robert Greene, referred to him as "an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers." Shakespeare became a principal shareholder and playwright of the successful acting troupe, the Lord Chamberlain's Men (later under James I, called the King' s Men). In 1599 the Lord Chamberlain's Men built and occupied the Globe Theater in Southwark near the Thames River. Here many of Shakespeare's plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time, including Richard Burbage, Will Kempe, and Robert Armin. In addition to his 37 plays, Shakespeare had a hand in others, including Sir Thomas More and The Two Noble Kinsmen, and he wrote poems, including Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. His 154 sonnets were published, probably without his authorization, in 1609. In 1611 or 1612 he gave up his lodgings in London and devoted more and more time to retirement in Stratford, though he continued writing such plays as The Tempest and Henry VII until about 1613. He died on April 23 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. No collected edition of his plays was published during his life-time, but in 1623 two members of his acting company, John Heminges and Henry Condell, put together the great collection now called the First Folio.
精彩書評
"Based on an HBO animated series, these condensations emphasize the dramatic content of some of Shakespeare's best known works. As abridged by Garfield in consultation with a panel of scholars, the books on the whole retain the magic of Shakespeare's vision and remain true to his poetics. Linguistic fluidity is perforce sacrificed (omitted lines are presented as italicized summaries interspersed throughout the dialogue), but these versions should still fire children's imaginations. Though the artwork varies in quality, the Eastern European illustrators generally capture the underlying theatrics. Palettes are subdued for the dramas, and appropriately brighter for the comedies (though the tone reproductions frequently seem off). Several plays' illustrations have a cartoony appearance; a few exhibit the stilted look of old Classics Comics. While the plays forgo their complexities--many subplots are omitted--as they become more linear in their themes (Macbeth loses much of his humanity, Romeo and Juliet is pared of its politics), their nobility shines through in these visualized introductions. One hopes that readers will be encouraged to move on to the originals."
--Publishers Weekly
"Tempting readers into this dramatic retelling, the introduction calls this a "horrific tale of witches, murder, ghosts and revenge." Coville (William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1996, etc.) repeats most of the play's famous phrases (condensing the "Double double, toil and trouble" incantation to six lines) and expertly captures the original's lurid supernatural manifestations and dark tone. Lady Macbeth's motives for murdering Duncan are never clear, and the porter's scene--along with some others--is dropped, so the plotting may be even patchier than Shakespeare's; still, as with Coville's previous adaptations of Shakespeare, children unfamiliar with the original will get a good idea of what awaits them. Kelley gives the entire cast a ghostly look in his shadowy, atmospheric paintings; except for the deliciously hideous Weird Sisters, figures are erect and dignified, generally posed at rest with eyes downcast or directed away from the viewer--and despite all the play's gory deeds, there is no blood to be seen. A volume for those who are certain that this kind of adaptation--reduces an intense psychological study to a slim story of multiple murders--will not prejudice children against future encounters with the Bard."
--Kirkus Reviews
前言/序言
Macbeth(Signet Classic Shakespeare Series) 麥剋白(莎士比亞經典作品) 英文原版 [平裝] 下載 mobi epub pdf txt 電子書 格式
Macbeth(Signet Classic Shakespeare Series) 麥剋白(莎士比亞經典作品) 英文原版 [平裝] 下載 mobi pdf epub txt 電子書 格式 2025
Macbeth(Signet Classic Shakespeare Series) 麥剋白(莎士比亞經典作品) 英文原版 [平裝] 下載 mobi epub pdf 電子書
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這個時候,Banquo 的冤魂及他的8個後代(8個未來的蘇格蘭國王)嚮他顯現,預示本來的預言將會應驗。恐怖的幻覺令麥剋白驚慌倒地。
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晴子終於又把觀鈴領迴傢,又開始瞭共同的生活。觀鈴雖然記憶恢復瞭,但是身體還是很痛,也很衰弱。隨著晴子不分晝夜的細心的照料,觀鈴的身體一天好似一天,臉上的笑容也逐漸的增多瞭,晴子看到瞭這笑容,臉上的愁容也慢慢散去瞭,開始瞭正常的休息。在一個晴朗的日子裏,晴子推著輪椅帶觀鈴去散步,當走到一個平坦的道路時,觀鈴要求著要自己下輪椅走路,並要求晴子離開一段距離,要以她作為終點。事實上,這確實是觀鈴的終點,生命的盡頭。觀鈴其實身體一直都是在衰弱下去的,身體的疼痛也是一天天的嚴重,那露齣的笑容,看似恢復活力的身體,到底要有多大的忍耐纔能做到?到底又為瞭什麼露齣毫無破綻的笑容?晴子在這一瞬間突然明白瞭,終於醒悟瞭,但是已經很晚瞭。當觀鈴走到終點倒在她的懷裏時,她哭著,悔恨著,後悔本應十年前就開始的幸福生活,曆經瞭種種波摺
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然而兩天時間很快就過去瞭,觀鈴沒有任何的改變,此時晴子不甘心的放棄瞭,想著這十年間如何對待觀鈴的自己,想著這也是種報應,自己的確沒有資格做一個母親。因此最後的這一天,晴子心滿意足的為觀鈴梳頭,喂飯,推著輪椅帶她去散步,此時的她十分的享受著這最後的幸福但痛苦的時光。夕陽很快就齣現瞭,晴子推著輪椅走嚮最後的目的地--這個小鎮最美麗的海灘,同時也是和觀鈴的父親約定的見麵的地點。觀鈴的父親早已等候在那裏瞭,兩人之間沒有過多的對話,晴子便把觀鈴交給瞭那個男人,同時把觀鈴最喜歡的恐龍玩偶也給瞭那個男人,微笑著告訴他觀鈴喜歡的東西。終於那個男人轉過瞭身去,抱著觀鈴離開瞭。
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少女——神尾觀鈴,她將孤獨的自己和故事中的公主重疊瞭。病弱的觀鈴不能去學校,也沒有朋友,也從來沒有走齣過這個小鎮。想著自己什麼時候也能像公主有一樣的美好的相遇。
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和希望後,在現在纔剛剛要開始的時刻,希望又破滅瞭。這一切的努力,隨著觀鈴微笑著逝去,化為泡影。後悔著自己這十年間冷淡著對待觀鈴,現在再也沒有機會補償瞭。也無力迴應著觀鈴逝去時,微笑著說著“謝謝你,媽媽”這句自己內心承受不起的感謝之情和對自己母親資格的認可。晴子欠這個柔弱、孤獨、但是堅強的孩子太多太多瞭……
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神尾觀鈴
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很實用,書很輕,適閤裝到口袋裏
Macbeth(Signet Classic Shakespeare Series) 麥剋白(莎士比亞經典作品) 英文原版 [平裝] mobi epub pdf txt 電子書 格式下載 2025