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Author: Jan H. Blits
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Lexington Books
Dimensions:
Width: 15.10cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.522kg
ISBN: 9780739102152
ISBN 10: 073910215
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 17 January 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Deadly Thought is the closest reading I know of this much-written-about work. The particulars are always related to general discussions of philosophic issues, political questions, diction, and rhetoric. . . . A study well worth the serious attention it requires of its reader.--Flaumenhaft, Mera J.
It is a rare reader who combines successfully audacity with great care. Jan Blits is one of our shrewdest interpreters of Shakespeare.--Davis, Michael
Blits is that rare critic of Hamlet who convinces his reader that, in commenting on the play line by line, he has connected every line with every other of the play's more than four thousand lines. -- John Alvis, professor and director, American Studies Program, University of Dallas It is a rare reader who combines successfully audacity with great care. Jan Blits is one of our shrewdest interpreters of Shakespeare. -- Michael Davis, Sarah Lawrence College Deadly Thought will be an invaluable resource for any student who wishes to study [Hamlet] intensely or investigate avenues for further research. * Ben Jonson Journal * This accessible account is a good choice for high school and college students and is recommended for all public libraries. -- Karl Helicher * Library Journal * Deadly Thought is the closest reading I know of this much-written-about work. The particulars are always related to general discussions of philosophic issues, political questions, diction, and rhetoric. . . . A study well worth the serious attention it requires of its reader. -- Mera J. Flaumenhaft, St. John's College, Annapolis
Blits is that rare critic of Hamlet who convinces his reader that, in commenting on the play line by line, he has connected every line with every other of the play's more than four thousand lines. -- John Alvis, University of Dallas It is a rare reader who combines successfully audacity with great care. Jan Blits is one of our shrewdest interpreters of Shakespeare. -- Michael Davis, Sarah Lawrence College Deadly Thought will be an invaluable resource for any student who wishes to study [Hamlet] intensely or investigate avenues for further research. Ben Jonson Journal This accessible account is a good choice for high school and college students and is recommended for all public libraries. -- Karl Helicher Library Journal Deadly Thought is the closest reading I know of this much-written-about work. The particulars are always related to general discussions of philosophic issues, political questions, diction, and rhetoric... A study well worth the serious attention it requires of its reader. -- Mera J. Flaumenhaft, St. John's College
Author Information
Jan H. Blits is Professor, Honors Faculty, at the University of Delaware. He is the author of The Insufficiency of Virtue: ""Macbeth"" and the Natural Order (1996), and The End of the Ancient Republic: Essays on ""Julius Caesar"" (1993).
