Editions of Macbeth
Shakespeare William. Macbeth ed. Sylvan Barnet. New York: New American Library (Signet), 1963.
A good student edition with excellent footnotes.
It also contains critical essays and sources.
Shakespeare, William,
Five Plays of Shakespeare
, ed. H. C. Schweikert, New York: Harcourt Brace, and World, 1926.
An excellent book for the classroom. It contains
The
Merchant of Venice,
As You Like It, Julius Caesar
, Macbeth, and Hamlet. It also has an excellent introduction to Shakespeare and Theater.
Shakespeare, William,
The Tragedy of Macbeth
, ed. Eugene Waith, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1954.
A scholarly edition heavy on footnotes. Much care has been taken to preserve the original text. It also contains sources of the plays.
Language
Abbott, Edwin.
A Shakespearean Grammar
. New Edition, New York: The Macmillan Co., 1877.
A compendium of Shakespeare’s grammar; old but still useful, especially the introduction.
Berry, Ralph.
The Shakespearean Metaphor
:
Studies in Language
and Form
. London, Macmillan Co., 1978.
A useful book with a good introduction. The book is divided into detailed essays giving poetic analyses of particular Shakespearean works.
Cook, Albert.
Introduction to the English Language
:
Structure
and History
. New York: Ronald Press, 1969.
This book uses a linguistic approach to Shakespeare’s language. It is full of useful historical and structural information about language.
Evans, Benjamin.
The Language of Shakespeare’s Plays
, London: Methuen, 1952.
A useful introduction and first two chapters on poetic language will be found here.
Finnie, W. Bruce.
The Stages of English
. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1972.
An excellent source on the history of the English language. Contains a record, translations, phonetic transcriptions, and many useful charts and maps.
Davis, James E.
Teaching Shakespeare
, Ohio Univ. Focus Vol. II #3, 1976 ERlC ED-128-817.
A resource article focusing on the management of a Shakespearean Unit in the classroom.
Miscellaneous
The following books are excellent background material to life in Shakespeare’s day and Shakespeare’s theater.
Harbage, Alfred,
Shakespeare’s Audience
. New York: Columbia University Press, 1941.
Nagler, A.M.
Shakespeare’s Stage
. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1958.
Tillyard, E.M.W.
The Elizabethan World Picture
. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1944.
