Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 296
Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼
978-0-8476-8250-8 • Hardback • August 1996 • $154.00 • (£119.00) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.
Jan H. Blits is Professor, Honors Faculty, at the University of Delaware.
Jan Blits writes as carefully as he reads. From the smallest ingredients of the witches' brew to the broadest political and moral questions, this thoughtful interpretation is a marvelous guide to Shakespeare's craft and thought.
— Mera J. Flaumenhaft, St. John's College, Annapolis
A most uncommon combination of meticulous detail and interpretative breadth, The Insufficiency of Virtue grasps the consequences of Shakespeare's meditation on natural virtue, fortune, necessity, monarchy, and Christianity in Macbeth. Because Blits takes nothing for granted, his masterfully detailed scrutiny of Macbeth enables readers to rediscover a play they may have thought they knew well.
— John Alvis, professor and director, American Studies Program, University of Dallas
This is an impressive book—elegantly written, thorough, and provocative.
— Michael Davis, Sarah Lawrence College