The Insufficiency of Virtue: Macbeth and the Natural Order

It is not a theoretical reading, that is, an application of literary theory to uncover implications in the text that the author may not have consciously put there. Philosophical approaches to poetry carry with them the danger of hovering too far above the work, too far above the concrete language an...

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Published in:The Review of metaphysics 1997, Vol.51 (1), p.136-137
Main Author: Brann, Eva T. H.
Format: Review
Language:English
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Book Reviews: Summaries and Comments
Literary theory
Philosophy
Poetry
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Summary:It is not a theoretical reading, that is, an application of literary theory to uncover implications in the text that the author may not have consciously put there. Philosophical approaches to poetry carry with them the danger of hovering too far above the work, too far above the concrete language and the detailed implications of the drama Here are some examples of readings that have wide implications but stay close to the lines: (1) As so often in well-constructed works, the numerical center of the text is the hirning point of the action; Macbeth has twentyseven scenes, of which the fourteenth contains the down-turn for Macbeth.
ISSN:0034-6632
2154-1302