
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...

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.

Professor Clemen provides us with insights not only into characters' motives and thoughts, but also into Shakespeare's manipulation of audience response, and his skill in creating dramatic illusion.

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