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內容簡介
Uniquefeatures—
■selected Shakespearean soliloquies withcommentary
■the prosody of Shakespeareˊs verse andhow to recite it
■the function of Julietˊs soliloquies in Romeo and Juliet
■four types of soliloquy in Shakespeareˊsplays
■samples from the long speeches of Portia,Lear, and Prospero with commentary
■readings by Mr. Joseph Graves, Ms. RobinNordli, and other well-known Shakespearean actors
Acknowlegments 009
Part I Introduction
I. An Overview of Shakespeare’s Dramatic Soliloquy 013
II. Reciting Shakespeare’s Dramatic Language 020
Part II Dialogue with Monologue
I. Language as Hormone: Juliet’s Shortened Girlhood 033
II. Who’s the Addressee?—Four Types of ShakespeareanSoliloquies 051
Part III Selected Soliloquies from Shakespeare withBrief Commentary
I. from Romeo and Juliet 079
1 “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”—Readby R. Nordli 080
2 “The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse.”—Read by R. Nordli 082
3 “Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds” —Read byR. Nordli 084
4 “Ancient damnation! O most wicked fiend” —Readby R. Nordli 086
5 “Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.” —Readby R. Nordli 087
II. from Twelfth Night 090
1 “I do I know not what, and fear to find” —Readby R. Nordli 090
2 “I left no ring with her: what means this lady?” —Readby R. Nordli 091
3 “’Tis but fortune, all is fortune.” —Read by W.Diggle 093
III. from 1 HenryIV103
1 “I know you all, and will awhile uphold” —Read by P. E.Johnson 104
2 “ ‘But for mine own part, my lord’ ” —Read by L.Banovez 105
3 “’Tis not due yet, I would be loath to pay him”— Readby A. Hutchinson 107
4 “Well, if Percy be alive, I’ll pierce him.” —Read by A.Hutchinson 109
5 “O Harry, thou hast robb’d me of my youth!” —Read by L.Banovez 110
6 “For worms, brave Percy. Fare thee well, great heart!” —Readby C. H. Perng 111
7 “Emboweled? If thou embowel me today” —Read by C. H.Perng 112
IV. from 2 HenryIV 114
1 “How many thousand of my poorest subjects” —Read by P.E. Johnson 114
2 “Why doth the crown lie there upon his pillow” —Read byP. E. Johnson 116
V. fromMacbeth 118
1 “Two truths are told” —by C. Ware 119
2 “Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shall be” —Read by R.Nordli 121
3 “The raven himself is hoarse” —Read by R. Nordli 123
4 “If it were done, when ’tis done, then ’twere well” —Readby W. Diggle 124
5 “Is this a dagger which I see before me” —Read by E.Schoen 127
6 “Out, damned spot! Out, I say” —Read by R. Nordli 129
7 “Seyton!—I am sick at heart” —Read by PatrickSiler 131
8 “I have almost forgot the taste of fears.”—Read by C.H. Perng 133
9 “She should have died hereafter.”—Read by C. H.Perng 133
VI. from Hamlet 132
1 “O, that this too too sullied flesh would melt” —Readby I. Christiansen 132
2 “To be, or not to be, that is the question” —Readby E. Schoen 135
3 “O, what a noble mind is here o‘erthrown!” —Readby R. Nordli 138
4 “O, my offence is rank! It smells to heaven.” —Readby M. R. Pauley 140
5. “Now might I do it pat, now a is a-praying” —Readby N. Whitmer 142
6 “And England, if my love thou hold’st at aught” —Readby M. R. Pauley 144
7 “How all occasions do inform against me” —Readby B. Marshall-Rashid 146
VII. from The Merchant of Venice 148
1 “How like a fawning publican he looks!” —Read byG. J. Penzick 148
2 “Certainly, my conscience will serve me” —Readby L. Banovez 150
3 “So may the outward shows be least themselves.” —Readby S. Wilson 152
Part IV Some Long Speeches with Brief Commentary
I. from The Merchant of Venice 159
1 “You see me, Lord Bassanio, where I stand,” —Readby R. Nordli 159
2 “The quality of mercy is not strained.” —Read byR. Nordli 161
II. from King Lear 163
1 “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! blow!” —Readby J. Graves 163
III. from The Tempest 166
1 “You do look, my son, ina moved sort,” —Read by J. Graves 166
作者簡介
A visiting professor at Fu Jen CatholicUniversity, Ching-Hsi PERNG isProfessor Emeritus, National Taiwan University, where he retired asDistinguished Professor of English and Drama. Among some thirty books to hiscredit are three studies on Shakespeare and Chinese translations of Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice. He is also co-playwright (with Fang Chen)of Bond, a bangzi adaptation of TheMerchant of Venice, and co-editor (with Beatrice Biqi Lei) of Shakespeare in Culture. His currentproject is a new annotated Chinese version of Measure for Measure.
