Macbeth

Criticism through the ages. Macbeth in the seventeenth century: 1606-William Warner. From A continuance of Albions England

c.1611-Simon Forman. From A bocke of plaies and notes thereof per Formans for common pollicie

1664-William Davenant. Excerpts from his adaptation of Macbeth

1664-1668-Samuel Pepys. From the diary of Samuel Pepys

Macbeth in the eighteenth century

1708-John Downes. From Roscius Anglicanus

1745-Samuel Johnson. "Macbeth," from Notes on Shakespeare s plays

1769- Elizabeth Montagu. "The tragedy of Macbeth," from An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespeare

1770-Francis Gentleman. "Macbeth," from The dramatic censor; or, critical companion

1780-William Richardson. "On the character of Macbeth," from A philosophical analysis and illustration of some of Shakespeare s remarkable characters

1785-Thomas Whately. "Remarks." from Remarks of some of the characters of Shakespeare.

Macbeth in the nineteenth century: 1809-August Wilhelm von Schlegel. From lectures on dramatic art and literature

1817-William Hazlitt. "Macbeth," from Characters of Shakespear s plays

1818-Samuel Taylor Coleridge. "Notes on Macbeth," from Shakspeare, with introductory remarks on poetry, the drama, and the stage

1823-Thomas DeQuincey. From "On the knocking at the gate in Macbeth."

1832-Anna Jameson. "Lady Macbeth," from Shakespeare s heroines: characteristics of women: moral, poetical and historical

1836-Peter Eckermann. From Conversations with Goethe

1839-Thomas Campbell. "Mrs. Siddons acts Lady Macbeth-her own remarks on the character" and "Observations on Mrs. Siddons estimate," from The Life of Mrs. Siddons

1864-Victor Hugo. From William Shakespeare

1867-P.W. Clayden. From "Macbeth and Lady Macbeth," from The Fortnightly Review

1877-Henry Irving. "The third murderer in Macbeth," from The Nineteenth Century

1880-H. N. Hudson. "Macbeth," from Shakespeare: his life, art, and characters

1882-Frances Anne Kemble. "Some notes upon the characters in Shakespeare s play of Macbeth," from Notes upon some of Shakespeare s plays

1893-Richard G. Moulton. From chapter VII, "Macbeth, Lord and Lady: a study in character-contrast," in Shakespeare as a dramatic artist

1898-Georg Brandes. "Macbeth in comparison to Hamlet," from William Shakespeare: a critical study.

Macbeth in the twentieth century: 1904-A. C. Bradley. "Lecture IX: Macbeth" and "Lecture X," from Shakespearean tragedy

1916-Sigmund Freud. "Remarks on Macbeth," from Some character-types met with in psychoanalytic work

1917-Arthur Quiller-Couch. "Macbeth," from Notes on Shakespeare s workmanship

1930-G. Wilson Knight. From "Macbeth and the metaphysic of evil," from The wheel of fire

1947-Cleanth Brooks. "The naked babe and the cloak of manliness," from The well wrought urn

1950-Henry N. Paul. "Macbeth s imagination," from The royal play of Macbeth

1951-Harold C. Goddard. "Macbeth," from The meaning of Shakespeare

1958-Francis Fergusson. "Macbeth," from Shakespeare: the pattern in his carpet

1959-L. C. Knights. "Macbeth: a lust for power," from Some Shakespearean themes

1976-John Berryman. "Notes on Macbeth," from The freedom of the poet

1986-William Empson. "Macbeth," from Essays on Shakespeare

1987-Harold Bloom. "Introduction," from Macbeth (Bloom s Modern Critical Interpretations series)

1991-Thomas McAlindon. From "Macbeth (Bloom s Notes series).

Macbeth in the twenty-first century: 2003-Michael L. Hays. "Macbeth: loyal stewards and royal succession," from Shakespearean tragedy as chivalric romance

2005-Alexander Leggatt. "Macbeth: a deed without a name," from Shakespeare s tragedies: violation and identity.

Critical extracts / William Warner, Samuel Johnson, W. Richardson, John Philip Kemble, William Hazlitt, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, H.N. Hudson, Victor Hugo, P.W. Clayden, Edward Dowden, Richard G. Moulton, Sir Henry Irving, Georg Brandes, Stopford A. Brooke, Maurice Maeterlinck, Sigmund Freud, Levin L. Schücking, G. Wilson Knight, Stephen Spender, H.B. Charlton, Eugene M. Waith, Harold C. Goddard, Irving Ribner, William Rosen, Marian Bodwell Smith, Terence Eagleton, Maynard Mack, Jr., James L. Calderwood, Michael Goldman, John Turner

Macbeth / A.C. Bradley

Macbeth as tragic hero / Wayne C. Booth

Macbeth / John Holloway

Public justice : Macbeth / C.J. Sisson

Macbeth : the nemesis of the post-Shakespearean actor / Elizabeth Nielsen

The criminal as tragic hero / Robert B. Heilman.

"An unknown fear" : the tragedie of Macbeth / Wilbur Sanders

This even-handed justice / Alan Hobson

Fear in Macbeth / P. Rama Moorthy

Tragic action and sexual stereotyping in Macbeth / Carolyn Asp

Ridding ourselves of Macbeth / Lisa Low

Stealthy lovers in Macbeth / Kay Stockholder

Macbeth : succeeding / Barbara Everett.