Macbeth: A Critical Reader

John Drakakis is Professor of English Studies at the University of Stirling, UK. He is editor of Alternative Shakespeares, Shakespearean Tragedy, the Arden 3 edition of The Merchant of Venice, General Editor of Routledge's New Critical Idiom series, and joint editor and contributor to Gothic Shakespeares.Dale Townshend is Lecturer in English Studies at the University of Stirling, UK. He is author of The Orders of the Gothic and co-editor of Gothic Shakespeares.

• Series Introduction, Andrew Hiscock and Lisa HopkinsMacbeth TimelineIntroduction, John Drakakis and Dale Townshend1. The Critical Backstory, Sandra Clarke2. Performance History, Laury Magnus3. The State of the Art, Julie Sanders 4. New Directions i. Macbeth in the Present, Terence Hawkesii. Unsexing Macbeth, Dale Townshendiii. Macbeth, Religion and Nationalism, Adrian Streeteiv. Macbeth and Sovereignty5. Resources, Christy DesmetBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex