Deadly Thought: Hamlet and the Human SoulLexington Books, 17 jan. 2001 - 416 sidor 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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... accuse the Ghost of being a usurper , identifies it , the second time , with the King himself or his soul : " If thou art privy to thy country's fate " ( 1.1.136 ) . Both usurpation and illusion involve falseness , but in dif- ferent ...
... accuse the Ghost of being a usurper , identifies it , the second time , with the King himself or his soul : " If thou art privy to thy country's fate " ( 1.1.136 ) . Both usurpation and illusion involve falseness , but in dif- ferent ...
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... accuses the Ghost of having assumed his father's " person " : If it assume my noble father's person , I'll speak to it though hell itself should gape And bid me hold my peace . ( 1.2.244-46 ) Having thus vowed to speak to the Ghost even ...
... accuses the Ghost of having assumed his father's " person " : If it assume my noble father's person , I'll speak to it though hell itself should gape And bid me hold my peace . ( 1.2.244-46 ) Having thus vowed to speak to the Ghost even ...
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... accuses Hamlet of the same inconstancy of which Hamlet accuses his mother and women in general - the very thing that dis- illusions Hamlet with the world . Events will prove Laertes cor- rect - Hamlet's love will not be permanent or ...
... accuses Hamlet of the same inconstancy of which Hamlet accuses his mother and women in general - the very thing that dis- illusions Hamlet with the world . Events will prove Laertes cor- rect - Hamlet's love will not be permanent or ...
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