Ebook: The Writing on the Wall and Other Literary Essays

Cover; Title Page; Epigraph; Dedication; Contents; General Macbeth; A Bolt from the Blue; J.D. Salinger''s Closed Circuit; Burroughs'' Naked Lunch; The Hue and Cry; On Madame Bovary; Crushing a Butterfly; Everybody''s Childhood; The Inventions of I. Compton-Burnett; More on Compton-Burnett; The Writing on the Wall; Hanging by a Thread; One Touch of Nature; A Biography of Mary McCarthy; Copyright.;From Madame Bovary to Macbeth, this collection by Mary McCarthy offers surprising revelations about some of the world's most beloved worksShakespeare, Nabokov, Orwell, and Burroughs are just a few of the literary immortals featured in this engaging and thought-provoking volume. In one remarkable essay, McCarthy provides a lively discourse on the true nature of evil in Shakespeare's plays. Focusing on the character of Macbeth, she reveals why Lady Macbeth, who has to "unsex herself" and "wear the pants," is the more human of the two. She tells us why the often-overlooked character of Madame Bova.