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To Be or Not to Be (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,504
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To Be or Not to Be (Hardcover): Douglas Bruster

To Be or Not to Be (Hardcover)

Douglas Bruster

Series: Shakespeare Now!

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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 solioquy uin 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. 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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Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Shakespeare Now!
Release date: February 2007
First published: March 2007
Authors: Douglas Bruster
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-8997-5
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare studies & criticism
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LSN: 0-8264-8997-4
Barcode: 9780826489975

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