Shakespeare and the History of SoliloquiesProvides the first systematic and comprehensive account of the conventions governing soliloquies in Western drama from ancient times to the twentieth century. Over the course of theatrical history, there have been several kinds of soliloquies. Shakespeare's soliloquies are not only the most interesting and the most famous, but also the most misunderstood, and several chapters examine them in detail. The present study is based on a painstaking analysis of the actual practices of dramatists from each age of theatrical history. This investigation has uncovered evidence that refutes long-standing commonplaces about soliloquies in general, about Shakespeare's soliloquies in particular, and especially about the to be, or not to be episode. 'Shakespeare and the history of Soliloquies' casts new lights on historical changes in the artistic representation of human beings and, because representations cannot be entirely disentangled from perception, on historical changes in the ways human beings have perceived theselves. |
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Съдържание
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From Antiquity to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century | 62 |
The Late Sixteenth Century and Early Seventeenth Century | 84 |
Shakespeares Soliloquies The Representation of Speech | 119 |
SHOW ME THY THOUGHT | 174 |
Shakespeares Soliloquies Audience Address and SelfAddress | 199 |
7 To be or not to be | 231 |
From the Late Seventeenth Century to the Twentieth Century | 278 |
Shakespeares Soliloquies Transformed | 325 |
10 The Celebrated Soliloquy | 370 |
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 435 |
Works Cited | 454 |
Index | 466 |
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Библиография
| Заглавие | Shakespeare and the History of Soliloquies G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Автор | James E. Hirsh |
| Сътрудник | ProQuest (Firm) |
| Издание | илюстрирано |
| Издател | Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0838639712, 9780838639719 |
| Брой страници | 470 страници |
| Експортиране на описанието | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |