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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... words.13 Notwithstanding Horatio's apparently firsthand description of old Hamlet's armor and face in battle ( 1.1.63–66 ) , Ophelia's calling Hamlet a " soldier " ( 3.1.153 ) , and Claudius's saying that he " serv'd against " the ...
... words.13 Notwithstanding Horatio's apparently firsthand description of old Hamlet's armor and face in battle ( 1.1.63–66 ) , Ophelia's calling Hamlet a " soldier " ( 3.1.153 ) , and Claudius's saying that he " serv'd against " the ...
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... words and generate them out of ancient texts . Speech supersedes birth completely . Significantly enough , in a play ... word with Hamlet about Ophelia , speaks but two lines either to or about a woman ( 4.1.14-15 ) .24 Only the " earth ...
... words and generate them out of ancient texts . Speech supersedes birth completely . Significantly enough , in a play ... word with Hamlet about Ophelia , speaks but two lines either to or about a woman ( 4.1.14-15 ) .24 Only the " earth ...
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Hamlet and the Human Soul Jan H. Blits. else's words and turns them back upon the speaker , rebuking or taunting the speaker with the speaker's own words.35 There is also , of course , a play within the play - a play that on the one hand ...
Hamlet and the Human Soul Jan H. Blits. else's words and turns them back upon the speaker , rebuking or taunting the speaker with the speaker's own words.35 There is also , of course , a play within the play - a play that on the one hand ...
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... word " play . " Hamlet mentions the word and its cognates 42 times ( of the 58 occurrences in Hamlet ) . Apart from auxiliary verbs , the only verbs or nouns that he mentions more often are “ come " ( 53 times ) , " made " ( 58 times ) ...
... word " play . " Hamlet mentions the word and its cognates 42 times ( of the 58 occurrences in Hamlet ) . Apart from auxiliary verbs , the only verbs or nouns that he mentions more often are “ come " ( 53 times ) , " made " ( 58 times ) ...
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... word " rival " ( from the Latin rivus , stream ) can mean either part- ners or competitors in a pursuit . Obscuring the distinction between pairing and ... words , refers to himself and Horatio as " liegemen to the Dane " ( 1.1.16 ) Act 1 25.
... word " rival " ( from the Latin rivus , stream ) can mean either part- ners or competitors in a pursuit . Obscuring the distinction between pairing and ... words , refers to himself and Horatio as " liegemen to the Dane " ( 1.1.16 ) Act 1 25.
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