Title: Missing the Point
Review: Having laid out the price (plus sales tax)for Garry Wills' "Witches and Jesuits", it becomes neccessary to state that I had no trouble in putting it down. First, the author expends a great deal of energy demonstrating that there was a plethora of mindless plays and books about witches, etc. after the (unfortunately unsuccessful) attempt to blow up James and the Parliament. The author never seems to realize that what makes Shakespeare great is how he is DIFFERENT from his contemporaries.Secondly, the author appears to have an inside track on the mind of God. He states baldly that God was on Malcolm's side, and Malcolm is the most depraved brat in the Canon. Mr. Wills doesn't have a clue as to "What Happens in Macbeth". The book is an excellent exercise in the politics of the Jamesian age,but who cares? James was referred to as the 'biggest fool in Christendom". However if one is searching for Shakespere, look elsewhere.
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