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Shakespeare and the history of soliloquies

"Shakespeare and the History of Soliloquies provides the first systemic and comprehensive account of the conventions governing soliloquies in Western drama from antiquity to the twentieth century. Avoiding anachronistic assumptions that have marred earlier commentaries on soliloquies, 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 longstanding commonplaces about soliloquies in general, about Shakespeare's soliloquies in particular, and especially about the "To be, or not to be" episode."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, ©2003
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Madison, N.J., ©2003
Criticism, interpretation, etc
470 pages ; 25 cm
9780838639719, 0838639712
50722253
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."