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Shakespeare and the history of soliloquies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hirsh, James E., 1946-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Madison : London : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Associated University Presses, [2003]
Subjects:	Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Technique. Soliloquy. Speech in literature. English drama > History and criticism.

Table of 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".