Ambivalent Macbeth /
White, R. S., 1948-
Ambivalent Macbeth / R.S. White. - 1 online resource (xi, 211 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro; Ambivalent Macbeth; Title; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Prologue: Sinners as Heroes; 1: Contexts of Ambiguity: Text, Sources, History; 2: "Fair is foul and foul is fair": The Radical Ambivalence of Macbeth; 3: "Nothing is but what is not": Emotional Worlds of Characters in Macbeth; 4: "The seeds of time" and the Macbeths; 5: "Palter with us in a double sense": Leading Ideas -- Temptation, Equivocation, Evil; 6: "This is the very painting of your fear": Imagery and the Emotional World of Macbeth; 7: Macbeth on Stage and Screen; Bibliography; Index; About the author
Macbeth is often read in a singular fashion: either as a cautionary morality tale warning against ambition, or as a psychological study of evil. In Ambivalent Macbeth, renowned Shakespeare scholar R.S. White argues that these differing readings result from a profoundly ambivalent play, and that this quality is a clue to its greatness.
9781743325490 (electronic bk.) 1743325495 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctv1d2nsk JSTOR
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Macbeth (Shakespeare, William)
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR2823
822/.33
Ambivalent Macbeth / R.S. White. - 1 online resource (xi, 211 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro; Ambivalent Macbeth; Title; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Prologue: Sinners as Heroes; 1: Contexts of Ambiguity: Text, Sources, History; 2: "Fair is foul and foul is fair": The Radical Ambivalence of Macbeth; 3: "Nothing is but what is not": Emotional Worlds of Characters in Macbeth; 4: "The seeds of time" and the Macbeths; 5: "Palter with us in a double sense": Leading Ideas -- Temptation, Equivocation, Evil; 6: "This is the very painting of your fear": Imagery and the Emotional World of Macbeth; 7: Macbeth on Stage and Screen; Bibliography; Index; About the author
Macbeth is often read in a singular fashion: either as a cautionary morality tale warning against ambition, or as a psychological study of evil. In Ambivalent Macbeth, renowned Shakespeare scholar R.S. White argues that these differing readings result from a profoundly ambivalent play, and that this quality is a clue to its greatness.
9781743325490 (electronic bk.) 1743325495 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctv1d2nsk JSTOR
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Macbeth (Shakespeare, William)
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR2823
822/.33