To Be or Not to Be

AvDouglas Bruster

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-02-15
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:128
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781441125002
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation
Serie:Shakespeare Now!

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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.

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"Douglas Bruster's To Be or Not to Be should delight and instruct anyone who has ever read, seen, or struggled with the central speech of Hamlet...Bruster has done a remarkable job building bridges over notoriously choppy waters, and this book is highly recommended." - Studies in English Literature, Spring 2008

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General Editors' Preface1. In the Shakespeare Museum 2. What are the Questions?3. There's the Rub4. How Does it Mean? (The Speech as Poem)5. The Name of Action (The Speech in Context)6. Not One Speech but Three, or 'There's the Point'7. Consummation (Some Conclusions)8. Acknowledgments and Further ReadingIndex