Shakespeare and the History of SoliloquiesFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2003 - 470 páginas Provides the first systematic and comprehensive account of the conventions governing soliloquies in Western drama from ancient times to the twentieth century. Over the course of theatrical history, there have been several kinds of soliloquies. Shakespeare's soliloquies are not only the most interesting and the most famous, but also the most misunderstood, and several chapters examine them in detail. The present study is based on a painstaking analysis of the actual practices of dramatists from each age of theatrical history. This investigation has uncovered evidence that refutes long-standing commonplaces about soliloquies in general, about Shakespeare's soliloquies in particular, and especially about the to be, or not to be episode. 'Shakespeare and the history of Soliloquies' casts new lights on historical changes in the artistic representation of human beings and, because representations cannot be entirely disentangled from perception, on historical changes in the ways human beings have perceived theselves. |
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... Reason it was widely hoped that reason would eventu- ally ferret out and tame irrational impulses . In the Romantic era , those impulses were romanticized ; they did not need to be hid- den or suppressed . In the age of Freud it was ...
... Reason it was widely hoped that reason would eventu- ally ferret out and tame irrational impulses . In the Romantic era , those impulses were romanticized ; they did not need to be hid- den or suppressed . In the age of Freud it was ...
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... reason why the other character is unable to hear the speech . The most common such reason is that the sec- ond character is asleep . In 2.2 of A Midsummer Night's Dream , Helena is abandoned by Demetrius and bewails her situation in a ...
... reason why the other character is unable to hear the speech . The most common such reason is that the sec- ond character is asleep . In 2.2 of A Midsummer Night's Dream , Helena is abandoned by Demetrius and bewails her situation in a ...
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... reason for this rare occurrence is obvious . If one has actual listeners , it is incongruous to address imaginary lis- teners . In sharp contrast , there are literally hundreds of apostro- phes in soliloquies in Shakespeare's plays ...
... reason for this rare occurrence is obvious . If one has actual listeners , it is incongruous to address imaginary lis- teners . In sharp contrast , there are literally hundreds of apostro- phes in soliloquies in Shakespeare's plays ...
Índice
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Representation of Speech | 35 |
From Antiquity to the Middle of the Sixteenth | 62 |
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Allegory and the Work of Melancholy: The Late Medieval and Shakespeare Jeremy Tambling Pré-visualização indisponível - 2004 |