The Heroic Idiom of Shakespearean TragedyShakespeare's idiom is an aggregate of archaic modes of speech and codes of conduct. This book attempts to make that idiom more accessible and, in the process, to illuminate the significance of heroic concepts to a study of Shakespeare's tragedies and histories. |
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... heroism springs from his reliance on these tradi- tions and conventions . Shakespeare used an idiom we view through a glass darkly - an aggregate of archaic modes of speech and conduct that assumes in the audience a shared response but ...
... heroism springs from his reliance on these tradi- tions and conventions . Shakespeare used an idiom we view through a glass darkly - an aggregate of archaic modes of speech and conduct that assumes in the audience a shared response but ...
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... Heroism in the Early Plays 26 3 Ironic Heroism : A Repudiation of the Past 51 4 The Matter of Troy 83 5 The Integrity of the Noble Moor 107 6 Timon and the Ethics of Heroism 126 7 Persistence of the " Old " Lear 147 8 Bellona's ...
... Heroism in the Early Plays 26 3 Ironic Heroism : A Repudiation of the Past 51 4 The Matter of Troy 83 5 The Integrity of the Noble Moor 107 6 Timon and the Ethics of Heroism 126 7 Persistence of the " Old " Lear 147 8 Bellona's ...
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... Heroism , we suspect , is a figment of the imagination , born of our collective will to idealize manly behavior and propagated in myth and legend , not in life . Even those historical personages we usually regard as heroic — an Alexan ...
... Heroism , we suspect , is a figment of the imagination , born of our collective will to idealize manly behavior and propagated in myth and legend , not in life . Even those historical personages we usually regard as heroic — an Alexan ...
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... heroism . The process , he sug- gests , involves emulation . From the time Hercules ' tutor inspired him with a show to emulate " the worthy and memorable acts of his father lupiter , " the heroes of every generation have learned to ...
... heroism . The process , he sug- gests , involves emulation . From the time Hercules ' tutor inspired him with a show to emulate " the worthy and memorable acts of his father lupiter , " the heroes of every generation have learned to ...
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... heroism . The hero would virtually have to create himself ; and in two hours ' traffic , that feat is well - nigh impos- sible even for a Hercules . Adherence to stage conventions and imitation of reality need not , how- ever , be ...
... heroism . The hero would virtually have to create himself ; and in two hours ' traffic , that feat is well - nigh impos- sible even for a Hercules . Adherence to stage conventions and imitation of reality need not , how- ever , be ...
Contents
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Emulation Hath a Thousand Sons Heroism in the Early Plays | 26 |
Ironic Heroism A Repudiation of the Past | 48 |
The Matter of Troy | 77 |
The Integrity of the Noble Moor | 101 |
Timon and the Ethics of Heroism | 120 |
Persistence of the Old Lear | 141 |
Bellonas Bridegroom or Dwarfish Thief? | 163 |
Antony Cleopatra and Heroic Retrospection | 185 |
Notes | 208 |
Bibliography | 228 |
Index | 238 |
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