Discourses of Service in Shakespeare's England

ISBN-13: 9781403968159 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 286 str.

David Evett

Opis

"Discourses of Service in Shakesapeare's England" undertakes a comprehensive study of the forms and functions of service in early modern England, and then applies its findings to a detailed analysis of their workings in the plays of Shakespeare.

Spis treści

The Great Paradox, From St. Paul to Shakespeare The Hop and the Pole: The Limits of Materialism 'Surprising Confrontations': Discourses of Service in The Taming of the Shrew 'Monsieur, We Are Not Lettered': Classical Influences and the Early Modern Marketplace 'Clubs, Bills, and Partisans': Retainer Violence and Male Bonding Fidelis Servus...: Good Service and the Obligations of Obedience Perpetuus Asinus: Bad Service and the Primacy of the Will 'A Place in the Story': Gender, Commodity, Alienation, and Service 'As Willing As Bondage E'er of Freedom': The Vindication of Willing Service in The Tempest

O autorze

DAVID EVETT is Professor of English Emeritus at Cleveland State University, USA. He has published articles and given papers on many topics in early modern cultural history, and his earlier book, Literature and the Visual Arts in Tudor England (University of Georgia Press, 1990) won the British Council Prize in the Humanities. He has also published two books of poetry.