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William Shakespeare's Macbeth /

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Comprehensive reading and study guides for some of the world's most important literary masterpieces. Concise critical excerpts provide a scholarly overview of each work. "The Story Behind the Story" details the conditions under which the work was written. Each book includes a biograph...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bloom, Harold
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, [2004]
Series:Bloom's guides.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Macbeth.
Macbeth, > King of Scotland, > active 11th century > In literature.
Scotland > In literature.
Regicides in literature.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Biographical sketch
  • Story behind the story
  • Summary and analysis
  • List of characters
  • Critical views
  • Harold C. Goddard on Macbeth's deeds and the supernatural
  • Kenneth Muir on the porter scene
  • A.C. Bradley on the effect of darkness
  • Clifford Davidson on the tragedy of Macbeth's characterVE. A. J. Honigmann on the murderer as victim
  • John Russell Brown on images of death
  • William Empson on the meanings of equivocation
  • Robert S. Miola on some senecan conventions
  • Gary Wills on the supernatural aspects of Lady Macbeth's character
  • Jan H. Blits on the medieval Christian cosmos
  • Park Honan on time's perpetuity
  • Robert Weimann on the significance of theatrical space
  • Millicent Bell on witchcraft and prophecy
  • Works by William Shakespeare
  • Annotated bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgments.