Deadly Thought: Hamlet and the Human SoulLexington Books, 17 ian. 2001 - 416 pagini 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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Hamlet and the Human Soul Jan H. Blits. ix 3 23 117 177 261 325 399 405 Preface It t has become customary in recent years for. Contents fi Preface Introduction Act One Act Two Act Three Act Four Act Five Index About the Author vii Contents.
Hamlet and the Human Soul Jan H. Blits. ix 3 23 117 177 261 325 399 405 Preface It t has become customary in recent years for. Contents fi Preface Introduction Act One Act Two Act Three Act Four Act Five Index About the Author vii Contents.
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... five years ago , “ almost every " almost every writer upon Hamlet has begun by remarking that more has been written on it than on any other work of literature , before adding his own ink to the ever - swelling flood . " In fact , as ...
... five years ago , “ almost every " almost every writer upon Hamlet has begun by remarking that more has been written on it than on any other work of literature , before adding his own ink to the ever - swelling flood . " In fact , as ...
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... for refusing to repudiate his new doctrine . Shakespeare also men- tions four times ( within just fifty - five lines ) near the start of the 3 play that Hamlet and Horatio have been studying at Wittenberg Introduction.
... for refusing to repudiate his new doctrine . Shakespeare also men- tions four times ( within just fifty - five lines ) near the start of the 3 play that Hamlet and Horatio have been studying at Wittenberg Introduction.
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... five theses in Wittenberg in 1517 ) .4 Scholasticism , now largely replaced by humanism and the new Protestant theology , has been mostly reduced to a gravedigger's cant : For here lies the point : if I drown myself wittingly , it ...
... five theses in Wittenberg in 1517 ) .4 Scholasticism , now largely replaced by humanism and the new Protestant theology , has been mostly reduced to a gravedigger's cant : For here lies the point : if I drown myself wittingly , it ...
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... five characteristic aspects of much of the play's persis- tent questioning . The questioning is provoked by someone's puz- zling appearance . It takes the form of parrying . It proceeds by negation , falsifying implicit or explicit ...
... five characteristic aspects of much of the play's persis- tent questioning . The questioning is provoked by someone's puz- zling appearance . It takes the form of parrying . It proceeds by negation , falsifying implicit or explicit ...
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