Deadly Thought: Hamlet and the Human SoulLexington Books, 17 հնվ, 2001 թ. - 416 էջ 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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... first old Ham- let , then young Hamlet ( 1.5.59–75 ; 4.7.155–61 ) ; and Hamlet twice asks Horatio to tell his story ( 5.2.343-45 , 351–54 ) . Moreover , as Po- lonius is killed in place of Claudius ( 3.4.31-32 ) , Rosencrantz and ...
... first old Ham- let , then young Hamlet ( 1.5.59–75 ; 4.7.155–61 ) ; and Hamlet twice asks Horatio to tell his story ( 5.2.343-45 , 351–54 ) . Moreover , as Po- lonius is killed in place of Claudius ( 3.4.31-32 ) , Rosencrantz and ...
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... first three of which directly parallel those of act 1 , scene 3 , the symmetrically placed , first scene dealing with Poloni- us's family , but a final part , reporting Ophelia's death , which has no par- allel in the parallel scene ...
... first three of which directly parallel those of act 1 , scene 3 , the symmetrically placed , first scene dealing with Poloni- us's family , but a final part , reporting Ophelia's death , which has no par- allel in the parallel scene ...
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... first two have the Italianate and Spanish ( or Portuguese ) names of promi- nent medieval Christian saints , 2 while the second pair have the names of heroic Roman warriors . Yet , neither Francisco nor Bar- nardo ever says anything ...
... first two have the Italianate and Spanish ( or Portuguese ) names of promi- nent medieval Christian saints , 2 while the second pair have the names of heroic Roman warriors . Yet , neither Francisco nor Bar- nardo ever says anything ...
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... first major character to appear and the only one to survive the events of the play , Horatio both is and is not at ... first fifty - odd lines of scene 1 ( 1.1.13 , 21 , 23 , 26 , 45 , 46 , 48 , 56 ) and five times in the first twenty ...
... first major character to appear and the only one to survive the events of the play , Horatio both is and is not at ... first fifty - odd lines of scene 1 ( 1.1.13 , 21 , 23 , 26 , 45 , 46 , 48 , 56 ) and five times in the first twenty ...
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... first hendiadys in Hamlet . While causing him to couple divine authority and Stoic empiri- cism , the harrowing sight of the Ghost also causes Horatio to col- lapse the distinction between likeness and identity . When he first saw the ...
... first hendiadys in Hamlet . While causing him to couple divine authority and Stoic empiri- cism , the harrowing sight of the Ghost also causes Horatio to col- lapse the distinction between likeness and identity . When he first saw the ...
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