Shakespeare's SoliloquiesFirst published in 1987. |
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... a definition of this sort, tracing it back to St Augustine, who is said to have coined the word soliloquium. Yet in pre-Shakespearean drama it was only occasionally used for purposes which had to do with reflection or Introduction 3.
... a definition of this sort, tracing it back to St Augustine, who is said to have coined the word soliloquium. Yet in pre-Shakespearean drama it was only occasionally used for purposes which had to do with reflection or Introduction 3.
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... Words that were addressed to an Elizabethan audience in this way were felt to be true, to have a higher degree of objective validity than speeches exchanged between characters. Thus the soliloquy has with some justification been said to ...
... Words that were addressed to an Elizabethan audience in this way were felt to be true, to have a higher degree of objective validity than speeches exchanged between characters. Thus the soliloquy has with some justification been said to ...
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... words of a character half asleep or intoxicated. Thus the drama critic William Archer (I852~1924), who won fame through his translation of Ibsen's plays, was of the opinion that 'a few broken exclamations under high emotion is all the ...
... words of a character half asleep or intoxicated. Thus the drama critic William Archer (I852~1924), who won fame through his translation of Ibsen's plays, was of the opinion that 'a few broken exclamations under high emotion is all the ...
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... words spoken by the characters. The examination of the dovetailing of the soliloquy into its context is Of particular significance, because Shakespeare — unlike most of his contemporaries — tends most Often to introduce his soliloquies ...
... words spoken by the characters. The examination of the dovetailing of the soliloquy into its context is Of particular significance, because Shakespeare — unlike most of his contemporaries — tends most Often to introduce his soliloquies ...
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... words of the soliloquies conjure up before our eyes the immediate and distant surroundings, the scenery, the atmosphere? Many dramatists took pains to make the soliloquy dramatic, to free it from the monotony of mere declamation. What ...
... words of the soliloquies conjure up before our eyes the immediate and distant surroundings, the scenery, the atmosphere? Many dramatists took pains to make the soliloquy dramatic, to free it from the monotony of mere declamation. What ...
Contents
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3 SOLILOQUIES FROM THE COMEDIES AND ROMANCES | 45 |
4 SOLILOQUIES FROM THE TRAGEDIES | 88 |
5 CONCLUSION | 179 |
NOTES | 193 |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | 210 |
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