Shakespeare and the history of soliloquies / James Hirsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirsh, James E., 1946-

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Technique.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Technique.

Soliloquy.

Speech in literature.

English drama--History and criticism.

English drama.

Physical Description:

470 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London ; Cranbury : Associated University Presses, [2003]

Contents:

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".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 454-465) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0838639712

OCLC:

50722253