To Be or Not to Be - Couverture souple

Bruster, Douglas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0826489982 ISBN 13 : 9780826489982

Editeur : Continuum, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Bruster Douglas

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy is quoted more often than any other passage in Shakespeare. It is arguably the most famous speech in the Western world - though few of us can remember much about it. This book carefully unpacks the individual words, phrases and sentences of Hamlet's soliloquy in order to reveal how and why it has achieved its remarkable hold on our culture. Hamlet's speech asks us to ask some of the most serious questions there are regarding knowledge and existence. In it, Shakespeare also expands the limits of the English language. Douglas Bruster therefore reads Hamlet's famous speech in "slow motion" to highlight its material, philosophical and cultural meaning and its resonance for generations of actors, playgoers and readers.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Douglas Bruster is Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is the author of Drama and the Market in the Age of Shakespeare; Quoting Shakespeare; Shakespeare and the Question of Culture; and, with Robert Weimann, Prologues to Shakespeare's Theatre.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Continuum
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0826489982
• ISBN 13: 9780826489982
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 124