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James Harris - MACBETH: William Shakespeare   2/10/2005; 9:09:24 AM (reads: 56720, responses: 0) The presenter has recommended looking into the Norton edition of Macbeth for a list of critical essays to help set the terms of discussion about the play. In addition to that list, which is represented below, this page provides links to electronic resources. Click on any topic from the list below to jump to the named resources. This page, hosted by UC Berkeley's Interactive University Project, will remain available online for several weeks, and may be expanded or edited during that time. All information at this site will be turned over to Oakland Unified School District toward the end of the Spring Semester. OUSD's previously archived Macbeth resources Texts of Macbeth and Shakespeare Essays included in the Norton edition of Shakespeare recommended by presenter Academic, library and museum sites with historical background and biographical information K-12 teacher and curriculum sites Commercial sites offering lesson plans Video and audio archives of pertinent information OUSD's previously archived Macbeth resources Urban Dreams Project's Macbeth page http://urbandreams.ousd.k12.ca.us/language_arts/core/12/shakespeare2/index.html TOP Texts of Shakespeare's Macbeth and other work Text of Macbeth online http://www.bartleby.com/46/4/ Complete works of Shakespeare online http://william-shakespeare.classic-literature.co.uk/ TOP Essays included in the Norton edition of Shakespeare recommended by presenter Link to and table of contents for the Norton Critical Edition selected essays http://www.wwnorton.com/college/titles/english/nce/macbeth/contents.htm#criticism Samuel Johnson — Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth (1745) http://www.hollowaypages.com/Shakespearejohnsonmacbeth.htm Elizabeth Montagu—An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare (1769) http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlynch/Texts/montagu.html Samuel Taylor Coleridge—[On Macbeth] (1808-19, pub. 1836) http://absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/macbeth/essay/macbeth_essay.htm William Hazlitt—Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays (1817) http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=9311&;pageno=2 Thomas De Quincey—On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth (1828) http://www.4literature.net/Thomas_De_Quincey/On_the_Knocking_at_the_Gate_in_Macbeth/ A.C. Bradley—Shakespearean Tragedy (1904) http://www.clicknotes.com/bradley/welcome.html Macbeth resources page, reproduced from Norton, with some links embedded http://iu.berkeley.edu/ousd/Macbeth_resources TOP Academic, library and museum sites with historical background The English Renaissance in context (University of Pennsylvania site) http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/furness/eric/index.html The Folger Shakespeare Library: Full site of Shakespeare Information http://www.folger.edu/index.cfm Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/lambtales/LAMBTALE.HTM Shakespeare information, timelines and learning resources http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/default.htm Gateway page to useful Shakespeare links http://www.hollowaypages.com/Shakespearelinks.htm TOP K-12 teacher and curriculum sites Folger Teaching Shakespeare Page (Macbeth included, one site many lessons and much information) http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=618 Folger Primary Resources Current (also see archive in link on left of page) http://www.folger.edu/eduPrimSrc.cfm?cid= General Shakespeare Lesson Resources http://www.cln.org/themes/shakespeare.html TOP Commercial sites producing information or lesson plans Enotes.com site for Shakespeare information (commercial but some useful free information) http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare/ Enotes.com site Macbeth (commercial but some useful free information) http://www.enotes.com/macbeth/ Gradesaver site for Macbeth (gradesaver.com) http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/macbeth/ PinkMonkey site for Macbeth (pinkmonkey.com) http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmMacbeth01.asp SparkNote site for Macbeth (sparknotes.com http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/ TOP Video and audio BBC Shakespeare's Plays on DVD http://www.documentary-video.com/displayitem.cfm?vid=812 TOP

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