The History of English Soliloquy: Aeschylus to ShakespeareUniversity Press of America, 1985 - 139 páginas Provides a thorough survey of the history of the soliloquy, from the earliest forms found on pre-Biblical Canaanite tablets through the heights of Shakespeare. Shows how Elizabethan soliloquy evolved out of its ancient forerunners, and that Shakespeare dominates soliloquy. Of particular interest to students and scholars of language, drama and Shakespeare. |
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... cited here from Part I. Gaster avers that the ritual and dramatic portions are to be taken together as " the libretto of a religious performance , " ( Thespis , p . 225 ) i.e. , the order of service for the Canaanite spring festival of ...
... cited here from Part I. Gaster avers that the ritual and dramatic portions are to be taken together as " the libretto of a religious performance , " ( Thespis , p . 225 ) i.e. , the order of service for the Canaanite spring festival of ...
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... cited from Kyd's play , exemplifies soliloquy of a drama transitional be- tween the late moralities and the earliest Shakespeare , a body of plays fusing medieval and Elizabethan craft and therefore melding soliloquy content and form of ...
... cited from Kyd's play , exemplifies soliloquy of a drama transitional be- tween the late moralities and the earliest Shakespeare , a body of plays fusing medieval and Elizabethan craft and therefore melding soliloquy content and form of ...
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... cited in this chapter , spoken by Richard , Duke of Gloucester in III Henry VI ( III.ii.124-95 ) , represents an isolated instance of Shakes- peare's beginning to break away from primitive excesses in language even in his very first ...
... cited in this chapter , spoken by Richard , Duke of Gloucester in III Henry VI ( III.ii.124-95 ) , represents an isolated instance of Shakes- peare's beginning to break away from primitive excesses in language even in his very first ...
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The Mysteries | 25 |
Morality Drama | 45 |
Shakespearean Structures and Language | 51 |
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The History of English Soliloquy: Aeschylus to Shakespeare Lloyd A. Skiffington Visualização de excertos - 1985 |
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Aaron action Aeschylus allegorical alliteration apostrophe audience Belial Caliban's Castle of Perseverance century chapter character choragos chorus cited classical Clemen comedy comic conscience Counterfeit Countenance crown death declamation devils diction doth earlier early morality Elizabethan English soliloquy Envy Euripides evil example exemplifies fiend figurative Gobbo Grand Homily Greek Hamlet hath Heaven Henry Henry VI homiletic honor Iago iloquy imagery intermediate and late Jasper Heywood Juliet Juventus King lament language late moralities later Launcelot lines live Lord Macbeth Magnificence medieval soliloquy metaphor Mini-homily Morality Plays morality soliloquy mystery soliloquy opening personae Plautus plot exposition plot-action primitive prologue psychomachia rhetorical Richard Richard III role-action Roman Romeo Satan says scene Second Shepherds Seneca sermon Shakespeare Shakespearean soliloquy sophistication Sophocles speaker speaks stage structural theatre thee Thespis thou Thyestes tion tone Tragedy types utterance vaunt verse Vice villain word-play words York yower