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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... asks that Hamlet's body be placed " [ hligh on a stage " ( 5.2.383 ) and , after summarizing what he will tell , vows , " All this can I / Truly deliver " ( 5.2.390-91 ) . Hora- tio will be Hamlet's midwife ( cf. 2.2.208-11 ) . Hamlet's ...
... asks that Hamlet's body be placed " [ hligh on a stage " ( 5.2.383 ) and , after summarizing what he will tell , vows , " All this can I / Truly deliver " ( 5.2.390-91 ) . Hora- tio will be Hamlet's midwife ( cf. 2.2.208-11 ) . Hamlet's ...
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... asks himself what it means to be a man : What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? And he answers : A beast , no more . Sure he that made us with such large discourse , Looking before and after ...
... asks himself what it means to be a man : What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? And he answers : A beast , no more . Sure he that made us with such large discourse , Looking before and after ...
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... 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 Guildenstern are killed as substitutes for Hamlet ( 5.2.12-53 ) . In addition , much of ...
... 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 Guildenstern are killed as substitutes for Hamlet ( 5.2.12-53 ) . In addition , much of ...
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... ask no questions . Some of the questioning concerns the natural deceptiveness of things , but most , by far , concerns the suspected deliberate deceptiveness of other men and possible demons . The Ghost , who comes to tell and to ...
... ask no questions . Some of the questioning concerns the natural deceptiveness of things , but most , by far , concerns the suspected deliberate deceptiveness of other men and possible demons . The Ghost , who comes to tell and to ...
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... ask what has caused Denmark's subjects ( " the subject of the land " [ 1.1.74 ] ) to toil so strictly on the present ... asks whether he is there , he replies , with a mild jest , " A piece of him " ( 1.1.16 , 22 ) . The twin announce ...
... ask what has caused Denmark's subjects ( " the subject of the land " [ 1.1.74 ] ) to toil so strictly on the present ... asks whether he is there , he replies , with a mild jest , " A piece of him " ( 1.1.16 , 22 ) . The twin announce ...
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