Ambivalent Macbeth
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2018
Sydney University Press (Verlag)
978-1-74332-548-3 (ISBN)
Sydney University Press (Verlag)
978-1-74332-548-3 (ISBN)
In Ambivalent Macbeth, renowned Shakespeare scholar R.S. White explores how radical ambivalence permeates the atmosphere, imagery, themes and characterisation of 'the Scottish play'.
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.White explores how radical ambivalence permeates the atmosphere, imagery, themes and characterisation of 'the Scottish play'. He considers Shakespeare's historical context and source material, and examines key cinematic, theatrical and other adaptations of the play. Throughout, he argues that an open-minded acceptance of ambivalence can inspire a multitude of readings, and that this complexity helps to explain the play's intriguing longevity.
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.White explores how radical ambivalence permeates the atmosphere, imagery, themes and characterisation of 'the Scottish play'. He considers Shakespeare's historical context and source material, and examines key cinematic, theatrical and other adaptations of the play. Throughout, he argues that an open-minded acceptance of ambivalence can inspire a multitude of readings, and that this complexity helps to explain the play's intriguing longevity.
R.S. White is Winthrop professor of English at the University of Western Australia. He has published many books and articles on Shakespeare, the most recent Shakespeare's Cinema of Love (Manchester University Press).
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
Erscheinungsdatum | 24.09.2018 |
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Zusatzinfo | Illustrations, unspecified |
Verlagsort | Sydney |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 290 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-74332-548-7 / 1743325487 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-74332-548-3 / 9781743325483 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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