Deadly Thought: Hamlet and the Human SoulLexington Books, 2001 M01 17 - 416 páginas 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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... describes the world as a splendidly ordered cosmos with man , " the beauty of the world " ( 2.2.307 ) , at its center . In both man and the cosmos , there is a fun- damental harmony between the visible exterior and the invisible ...
... describes the world as a splendidly ordered cosmos with man , " the beauty of the world " ( 2.2.307 ) , at its center . In both man and the cosmos , there is a fun- damental harmony between the visible exterior and the invisible ...
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... describing Hamlet as having been driven mad for Ophelia's love . The fifth scene from the end starts with mad Ophelia singing of love and ends with Laertes furiously seeking information about his father's death.33 Further , almost all ...
... describing Hamlet as having been driven mad for Ophelia's love . The fifth scene from the end starts with mad Ophelia singing of love and ends with Laertes furiously seeking information about his father's death.33 Further , almost all ...
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... describes . Much like Aeneas's tale to Dido and the Gonzago play , it has the character of a poem within a poem , a play within a play . Shakespeare , in fact , draws our attention to the " story [ ' s ] " ( 1.1.35 ) imitative quality ...
... describes . Much like Aeneas's tale to Dido and the Gonzago play , it has the character of a poem within a poem , a play within a play . Shakespeare , in fact , draws our attention to the " story [ ' s ] " ( 1.1.35 ) imitative quality ...
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... describes young Fortinbras's attempt to " recover " the lands " his father lost " ( 1.1.105 , 107 ) . If old Fortinbras compares poorly with old Hamlet , young Fortinbras compares no better with his father . Where the father lost lands ...
... describes young Fortinbras's attempt to " recover " the lands " his father lost " ( 1.1.105 , 107 ) . If old Fortinbras compares poorly with old Hamlet , young Fortinbras compares no better with his father . Where the father lost lands ...
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... describes the first sight of dawn : But look , the morn in russet mantle clad Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill . ( 1.1.171-72 ) Drastically compressed by dramatic double - time , scene 1 , which begins at midnight ( 1.1.7 ) ...
... describes the first sight of dawn : But look , the morn in russet mantle clad Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill . ( 1.1.171-72 ) Drastically compressed by dramatic double - time , scene 1 , which begins at midnight ( 1.1.7 ) ...
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