Deadly Thought: Hamlet and the Human SoulLexington Books, 17. jan. 2001 - 416 sider 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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Side 33
... warn Hamlet of any de- struction , but to tell him what has happened and to demand re- venge . Far from presaging Denmark's calamity , the Ghost's ap- pearance will set in motion the long series of events that will ultimately produce it ...
... warn Hamlet of any de- struction , but to tell him what has happened and to demand re- venge . Far from presaging Denmark's calamity , the Ghost's ap- pearance will set in motion the long series of events that will ultimately produce it ...
Side 38
... warn not only Denmark but the entire region of Europe ( " our cli- matures " ) . Nor is it clear what events he fears the harbingers por- tend . The parallel with Caesar's fall and the allusion to Matthew 24.2920 might seem to suggest ...
... warn not only Denmark but the entire region of Europe ( " our cli- matures " ) . Nor is it clear what events he fears the harbingers por- tend . The parallel with Caesar's fall and the allusion to Matthew 24.2920 might seem to suggest ...
Side 42
... warning " Th'extravagant and erring spirit " ( 1.1.159 ) , wherever it might be , hastens to its place of confine . Such wandering spirits flee the light - the god - of day and seek instead the cover of darkness . And just as his tale ...
... warning " Th'extravagant and erring spirit " ( 1.1.159 ) , wherever it might be , hastens to its place of confine . Such wandering spirits flee the light - the god - of day and seek instead the cover of darkness . And just as his tale ...
Side 70
... warn Hamlet in the second Ghost scene that the sight of great horrors can " deprive [ one's ] sovereignty of reason " ( 1.4.73 ) . Hamlet says that the news " troubles " him ( 1.2.224 ) , but not what he thinks it means . Saying that he ...
... warn Hamlet in the second Ghost scene that the sight of great horrors can " deprive [ one's ] sovereignty of reason " ( 1.4.73 ) . Hamlet says that the news " troubles " him ( 1.2.224 ) , but not what he thinks it means . Saying that he ...
Side 73
... warning with the admonition " No more , " and when Ophelia asks or challenges him , " No more but so ? " he replies , " Think it no more " ( 1.3.10 ) . The repeated phrase " no more " will frame Ophelia's life . Laertes warns Ophelia ...
... warning with the admonition " No more , " and when Ophelia asks or challenges him , " No more but so ? " he replies , " Think it no more " ( 1.3.10 ) . The repeated phrase " no more " will frame Ophelia's life . Laertes warns Ophelia ...
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