1st Edition

Shakespeare's Soliloquies

By Ingeborg Boltz, Wolfgang Clemen Copyright 1987
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1987. Often the best known and most memorable passages in Shakespeare's plays, the soliloquies, also tend to be the focal points in the drama. Twenty-seven soliloquies are examined in this work, illustrating how the spectator or reader is led to the soliloquy and how the drama is continued afterwards. The detailed structure of each soliloquy is discussed, as well as examining... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Soliloquies from the history plays, RICHARDIII, RICHARDII, KINGJOHN, HENRYIV; Chapter 3 Soliloquies from the comedies and romances; Chapter 4 Soliloquies from the tragedies, ROMEO, JULIET, JULIUSCAESAR, HAMLET, MACBETH, OTHELLO, KINGLEAR; Chapter 5 Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography;

Biography

Wolfgang Clemen