He leaves readers with a memorable new perspective on Othello. Bloom will shift the reader's perceptions of a literary classic." - Publishers Weekly Praise for Iago: The Strategies of Evil "There are few readers more astute than Bloom.the true value of Bloom's sensitive reading lies in his ability to articulate his emotional response to the play. Older readers may wish this clear, concise, empathetic volume were available when they were in school." - Kirkus Reviews "Acclaimed critic Bloom once again plumbs the depths of a Shakespeare play to reveal new insights, this time offering a richly detailed character sketch of Macbeth. Throughout, the author muses on Macbeth's 'proleptic and prophetic imagination' and wonders-all the way to the final paragraph-what it is about this sanguinary, murderous character that so deeply appeals to audiences.
MACBETH DAGGER SERIES
Praise for Macbeth: A Dagger of the Mind: "The venerable and prolific literary scholar completes his Shakespeare's Personalities series with a lingering and deeply curious, even troubled, look at the titular character in the legendary play. "A lingering and deeply curious, even troubled, look at the titular character in the legendary play.this clear, concise, empathetic" ( Kirkus Reviews ) volume delivers that kind of exhilarating intimacy and clarity in Macbeth, the final book in an essential series. "Acclaimed critic Bloom once again plumbs the depths of a Shakespeare play to reveal new insights that].will shift the reader's perceptions of a literary classic" ( Publishers Weekly ).
He also writes about his shifting understanding-over the course of his own lifetime-of this endlessly compelling figure. Award-winning writer and beloved professor Harold Bloom investigates Macbeth's unthinkable actions with razor-sharp insight, agility, and compassion. A man consumed with ambition and self-doubt, Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most vital meditations on the dangerous corners of the human imagination.
Macbeth is a distinguished warrior hero, who over the course of the play, transforms into a brutal, murderous villain and pays an extraordinary price for committing an evil act. From the ambitious and mad titular character to his devilish wife Lady Macbeth to the mysterious Three Witches, Macbeth is one of William Shakespeare's more brilliantly populated plays and remains among the most widely read.
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