03219nam 2200589 a 450 991095733800332120251117083737.00-8386-4437-6(CKB)2670000000186879(OCoLC)301136191(CaPaEBR)ebrary10535615(SSID)ssj0000612844(PQKBManifestationID)11385325(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612844(PQKBWorkID)10572266(PQKB)11135067(MiAaPQ)EBC3116335(Au-PeEL)EBL3116335(CaPaEBR)ebr10535615(OCoLC)606953266(BIP)7967669(EXLCZ)99267000000018687920020925d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrShakespeare and the history of soliloquies /James Hirsh1st ed.Madison, N.J. Fairleigh Dickinson University Pressc20031 online resource (470 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8386-3971-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-465) and index.The representation of thought and the representation of speech -- From antiquity to the middle of the sixteenth century -- The late sixteenth century and early seventeenth century -- Shakespeare's soliloquies : the representation of speech -- Shakespeare's soliloquies : audience address and self-address -- "To be, or not to be" -- From the late seventeenth century to the twentieth century -- Shakespeare's soliloquies transformed -- "The celebrated soliloquy".Provides the first systematic and comprehensive account of the conventions governing soliloquies in Western drama from ancient times to the twentieth century. Over the course of theatrical history, there have been several kinds of soliloquies. Shakespeare's soliloquies are not only the most interesting and the most famous, but also the most misunderstood, and several chapters examine them in detail. The present study is based on a painstaking analysis of the actual practices of dramatists from each age of theatrical history. This investigation has uncovered evidence that refutes long-standing commonplaces about soliloquies in general, about Shakespeare's soliloquies in particular, and especially about the to be, or not to be episode. 'Shakespeare and the history of Soliloquies' casts new lights on historical changes in the artistic representation of human beings and, because representations cannot be entirely disentangled from perception, on historical changes in the ways human beings have perceived theselves.SoliloquySpeech in literatureEnglish dramaHistory and criticismSoliloquy.Speech in literature.English dramaHistory and criticism.809.2/45Hirsh James E.1946-1869167MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957338003321Shakespeare and the history of soliloquies4477368UNINA