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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... less acclaim than the Attican , comparable regard is offered here . Brief concentration on only two of the best known Romans , Plautus and Seneca , will serve to review Roman soliloquy ; few other Roman writers are important ...
... less acclaim than the Attican , comparable regard is offered here . Brief concentration on only two of the best known Romans , Plautus and Seneca , will serve to review Roman soliloquy ; few other Roman writers are important ...
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... less Greek he completely trans- formed [ the Greek meters ] . His whole method of writing , indeed , is com- pletely his own and owes nothing to any predecessor . " And later ( p . 29 ) : " These songs [ in Plautus ' plays , sung to ...
... less Greek he completely trans- formed [ the Greek meters ] . His whole method of writing , indeed , is com- pletely his own and owes nothing to any predecessor . " And later ( p . 29 ) : " These songs [ in Plautus ' plays , sung to ...
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... less convenient for those who would make Seneca a scapegoat for medieval and Elizabethan excess . Furthering the less accusat- ory perspective , Charles T. Prouty writes in his introduction to the Crofts Classics edition of The Spanish ...
... less convenient for those who would make Seneca a scapegoat for medieval and Elizabethan excess . Furthering the less accusat- ory perspective , Charles T. Prouty writes in his introduction to the Crofts Classics edition of The Spanish ...
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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 |