Deadly Thought: Hamlet and the Human SoulLexington Books, 17. 1. 2001 - Počet stran: 416 The human soul is for pre-modern philosophers the cause of both thinking and life. This double aspect of the soul, which makes man a rational animal, expresses itself above all in human action. Deadly Thought: 'Hamlet' and the Human Soul traces Hamlet's famous inability to act to his inability to hold together these twin aspects of the soul. Combining careful attention to detail and interpretive breadth, noted scholar Jan H. Blits deftly illustrates how Hamlet collapses life into thought, and moral action into stage acting, and ultimately comes to see his own life as a stage play. Hamlet, the book demonstrates, epitomizes the intellectualism of the Renaissance and the modern age it began, and so becomes tragedy's first self-conscious protagonist, signaling the end of ancient tragedy. Erudite, innovative, and lively, Deadly Thought is a ground-breaking contribution that will appeal to Shakespeare scholars, political theorists, historians of philosophy, literary theorists and anyone interested in a truly fresh interpretation of this classic work. |
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... royal castle in Elsinore and none occur more than a few miles away , throughout Hamlet we hear of international travel : Hamlet and Horatio have been study- ing in Germany ( 1.2.112-22 , 164-68 ) ; Laertes twice returns from Paris ( 1.2 ...
... royal castle in Elsinore and none occur more than a few miles away , throughout Hamlet we hear of international travel : Hamlet and Horatio have been study- ing in Germany ( 1.2.112-22 , 164-68 ) ; Laertes twice returns from Paris ( 1.2 ...
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... royal family have noble titles . Polonius is not a duke or a baron , but an " assistant for a state . " As his position is an official function , not a hereditary power , his title is conferred by the king ( the " state " ) and held ...
... royal family have noble titles . Polonius is not a duke or a baron , but an " assistant for a state . " As his position is an official function , not a hereditary power , his title is conferred by the king ( the " state " ) and held ...
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... royal family and the passage of the Danish crown to Nor- way . But , as others will later do , Horatio seems to speak wiser than he knows . For the Ghost has not come to warn Hamlet of any de- struction , but to tell him what has ...
... royal family and the passage of the Danish crown to Nor- way . But , as others will later do , Horatio seems to speak wiser than he knows . For the Ghost has not come to warn Hamlet of any de- struction , but to tell him what has ...
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... royal marriage and coronation . The stage direction at the start of the scene is the only time Claudius is mentioned by name . Despite its obvious significance , his name is not mentioned anywhere in the dialogue or in any subsequent ...
... royal marriage and coronation . The stage direction at the start of the scene is the only time Claudius is mentioned by name . Despite its obvious significance , his name is not mentioned anywhere in the dialogue or in any subsequent ...
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... royal " we " seventeen times in his opening speech , and never the first person singular “ I. ” 33 Claudius's speech , a formal oration , has two clearly distin- guished parts . The first ( 1.2.1-16 ) deals with his hasty marriage to ...
... royal " we " seventeen times in his opening speech , and never the first person singular “ I. ” 33 Claudius's speech , a formal oration , has two clearly distin- guished parts . The first ( 1.2.1-16 ) deals with his hasty marriage to ...
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