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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... personae , not mere Presenters . It remained for medieval and ( rarely ) Renaissance English drama to refurbish the role of Presenter as speaker of the prologue . For the Greeks , a character important to the action introduces the plot ...
... personae , not mere Presenters . It remained for medieval and ( rarely ) Renaissance English drama to refurbish the role of Presenter as speaker of the prologue . For the Greeks , a character important to the action introduces the plot ...
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... personae in contrast to most mysteries . In its secular sophistication , this play is probably superior to the other mystery dramas cited in this chapter . Indeed , the secular dramatic elements dominate and nearly submerge its ...
... personae in contrast to most mysteries . In its secular sophistication , this play is probably superior to the other mystery dramas cited in this chapter . Indeed , the secular dramatic elements dominate and nearly submerge its ...
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... personae announce to the audience their own pre- sent or imminent action in the plot . The latter are to be distinguished from soliloquies of homiletic self - exposure ( personae identifying themselves as representatives of evil ) , and ...
... personae announce to the audience their own pre- sent or imminent action in the plot . The latter are to be distinguished from soliloquies of homiletic self - exposure ( personae identifying themselves as representatives of evil ) , and ...
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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 |
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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 |