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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... tragedy lies in the conflict between pagan and Christian virtue - the one emphasizing pride , anger , ambition , and action ; the other , humility , forgiveness , lowliness , and patience . Accord- ing to this view , while Hamlet tries ...
... tragedy lies in the conflict between pagan and Christian virtue - the one emphasizing pride , anger , ambition , and action ; the other , humility , forgiveness , lowliness , and patience . Accord- ing to this view , while Hamlet tries ...
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... tragedy ( " You that look pale and tremble at this chance " ) 21 and obscuring the distinction between actors and spectators on the one hand and actors and what they imitate on the other ( " That are but mutes or audience to this act ...
... tragedy ( " You that look pale and tremble at this chance " ) 21 and obscuring the distinction between actors and spectators on the one hand and actors and what they imitate on the other ( " That are but mutes or audience to this act ...
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... tragedies . " M. M. Mahood , Shakespeare's Wordplay ( London : Methuen , 1957 ) , 112 . 33. Keith Brown , " ' Form and Cause Conjoin'd ' : Hamlet and Shake- speare's Workshop , " Shakespeare Survey 26 ( 1973 ) : 11–12 . 34. There are ...
... tragedies . " M. M. Mahood , Shakespeare's Wordplay ( London : Methuen , 1957 ) , 112 . 33. Keith Brown , " ' Form and Cause Conjoin'd ' : Hamlet and Shake- speare's Workshop , " Shakespeare Survey 26 ( 1973 ) : 11–12 . 34. There are ...
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... tragedy . 8 Horatio does not know what the Ghost is , but considers it a usurper . To him , it is not the soul or the spirit of King Hamlet , but Something that has assumed the King's form : What art thou that usurp'st this time of ...
... tragedy . 8 Horatio does not know what the Ghost is , but considers it a usurper . To him , it is not the soul or the spirit of King Hamlet , but Something that has assumed the King's form : What art thou that usurp'st this time of ...
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