Deadly Thought: Hamlet and the Human SoulLexington Books, 17.01.2001 - 416 Seiten 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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... explicitly thankful for Barnardo's relief ( " For this relief much thanks " [ 1.1.7 ] ) , we learn only part of his reason . He says , " " ' Tis bitter cold , " but he does not explain why he is " sick at heart " ( 1.1.7 , 8 ) . The ...
... explicitly thankful for Barnardo's relief ( " For this relief much thanks " [ 1.1.7 ] ) , we learn only part of his reason . He says , " " ' Tis bitter cold , " but he does not explain why he is " sick at heart " ( 1.1.7 , 8 ) . The ...
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... , repeats what Horatio has already been told . Speaking explicitly as a storyteller and stressing Horatio's " ears " where Marcellus mentioned their " eyes , " he bids Horatio to Sit down awhile , And let us once again assail 28 Act 1.
... , repeats what Horatio has already been told . Speaking explicitly as a storyteller and stressing Horatio's " ears " where Marcellus mentioned their " eyes , " he bids Horatio to Sit down awhile , And let us once again assail 28 Act 1.
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... explicitly asked.15 Indeed , this is the only speech in Hamlet in which every other line starts with either the interrogative pronoun " What ? " or " Who ? " or the question " Why ? " ( or " And why ? ' ' ) . Marcellus's in- quiry seems ...
... explicitly asked.15 Indeed , this is the only speech in Hamlet in which every other line starts with either the interrogative pronoun " What ? " or " Who ? " or the question " Why ? " ( or " And why ? ' ' ) . Marcellus's in- quiry seems ...
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... , he adds : Well may it sort that this portentous figure Comes armed through our watch so like the King That was and is the question of these wars . ( 1.1.111-14 ) Barnardo explicitly links both the mobilization and the threat of 36 Act 1.
... , he adds : Well may it sort that this portentous figure Comes armed through our watch so like the King That was and is the question of these wars . ( 1.1.111-14 ) Barnardo explicitly links both the mobilization and the threat of 36 Act 1.
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Hamlet and the Human Soul Jan H. Blits. Barnardo explicitly links both the mobilization and the threat of war to the Ghost's appearance . Disposed to poetic accounts ( 1.1.33-36 , 38-42 ) , he interprets the events as one would interpret ...
Hamlet and the Human Soul Jan H. Blits. Barnardo explicitly links both the mobilization and the threat of war to the Ghost's appearance . Disposed to poetic accounts ( 1.1.33-36 , 38-42 ) , he interprets the events as one would interpret ...
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