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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... figurative language , alliteration , imagery per se , and word - play . Chronological range , limitation to verse , and more minute considerations insure that the three selected speeches afford legitimate elici- tation of comparisons ...
... figurative language , alliteration , imagery per se , and word - play . Chronological range , limitation to verse , and more minute considerations insure that the three selected speeches afford legitimate elici- tation of comparisons ...
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... figurative speech . The controlling conceit is the nature of the abuses heaped by Prospero on his crude serving - man . Despite the relative brevity of the speech ( 14 lines , as compared to 30 for the Juliet speech and 33 for Hamlet's ) ...
... figurative speech . The controlling conceit is the nature of the abuses heaped by Prospero on his crude serving - man . Despite the relative brevity of the speech ( 14 lines , as compared to 30 for the Juliet speech and 33 for Hamlet's ) ...
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... figurative language in Elizabethan drama , and the apparent ability of Elizabethan audiences to decipher and appreciate that figurativeness , the conciseness of this little speech is remarkable . Granted also the ready comprehension in ...
... figurative language in Elizabethan drama , and the apparent ability of Elizabethan audiences to decipher and appreciate that figurativeness , the conciseness of this little speech is remarkable . Granted also the ready comprehension in ...
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The Mysteries | 25 |
Morality Drama | 45 |
Shakespearean Structures and Language | 99 |
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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 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 London Lord Macbeth Magnificence medieval soliloquy metaphor Mini-homily monologue 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 Seven Against Thebes Shakespeare Shakespearean soliloquy sophistication Sophocles speaker speaks stage structural theatre thee Thespis thou Thyestes tion tone Tragedy types utterance vaunt Vice villain word-play words York yower
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Adapting to the Stage: Theatre and the Work of Henry James Christopher Greenwood Visualização de excertos - 2000 |