| To Be or Not to Be Contributor(s): Bruster, Douglas (Author), Fernie, Ewan (Editor), Palfrey, Simon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0826489974 ISBN-13: 9780826489975 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: Hamlet's 'To be or not to be' soliloquy is quoted more often than almost any other passage in Shakespeare. Part of the Shakespeare Now! series, this title takes this famous speech and looks at it's meaning to reveal the questions and problems it raises. It reads the individual words, phrases and sentences of Hamlet's speech in 'slow motion'. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Literary Criticism | Drama |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| Series: Shakespeare Now! |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.29" W x 8.07" (0.52 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |