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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... line ababbcc stanza of rime royal . Such procedure would seem to define anew the lines between “ stage ” and audi- ence . But those lines are as intentionally blurred by other features of this play as though in a work by Brecht , in ...
... line ababbcc stanza of rime royal . Such procedure would seem to define anew the lines between “ stage ” and audi- ence . But those lines are as intentionally blurred by other features of this play as though in a work by Brecht , in ...
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... lines , so primitive looking at first reading , seems on re - examination rather carefully achieved . While seven instances of adjective - noun alliteration do occur in those seven lines ( “ feeble fortune , " " doleful destiny , " etc ...
... lines , so primitive looking at first reading , seems on re - examination rather carefully achieved . While seven instances of adjective - noun alliteration do occur in those seven lines ( “ feeble fortune , " " doleful destiny , " etc ...
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... lines 135-39 where an elaborate string of verbs and verbals — eight , in fact - appended to the subject - pronoun “ one ” to make the intricate promontory simile ( “ stands , " " spies , " " tread , ” “ Wishing , " " chides , " " Saying ...
... lines 135-39 where an elaborate string of verbs and verbals — eight , in fact - appended to the subject - pronoun “ one ” to make the intricate promontory simile ( “ stands , " " spies , " " tread , ” “ Wishing , " " chides , " " Saying ...
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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