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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... dramatic dialogue did then exist . The earliest ecclesiastical drama of Byzantium is quite possibly that of the hym- nist Romanus . A few generations after Chrysostom and Basil , Romanus wrote a Nativity poem containing not only the ...
... dramatic dialogue did then exist . The earliest ecclesiastical drama of Byzantium is quite possibly that of the hym- nist Romanus . A few generations after Chrysostom and Basil , Romanus wrote a Nativity poem containing not only the ...
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... dramatic poetry ] to the austere , close language of Everyman , the simplicity of the mysteries . . . 94 The charm now seen in the ingenuousness of medieval soiloquy is largely the result of the movement toward naturalism in drama over ...
... dramatic poetry ] to the austere , close language of Everyman , the simplicity of the mysteries . . . 94 The charm now seen in the ingenuousness of medieval soiloquy is largely the result of the movement toward naturalism in drama over ...
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... Drama ( Boston : 1975 ) , acclaims as another noteworthy feature of its production " the use of meditative lament , or soliloquy , to offset scenes of tumultuous action . " He cites Christ's sermon on the Eucharist at the Last Supper ...
... Drama ( Boston : 1975 ) , acclaims as another noteworthy feature of its production " the use of meditative lament , or soliloquy , to offset scenes of tumultuous action . " He cites Christ's sermon on the Eucharist at the Last Supper ...
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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 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
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