Games and game playing in European art and literature, 16th-17th centuries /

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This collection of essays examines the vogue for games and game playing as expressed in art and literature in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe. Focusing on games as a leitmotif of creative expression, these scholarly inquiries are framed as a response to two main questions: how were games u...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: O'Bryan, Robin (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019]
Colección:Cultures of play, 1300-1700 ; 1.
Temas:
1400-1699
Games in literature.
Literature, Modern > 15th and 16th centuries > History and criticism.
Literature, Modern > 17th century > History and criticism.
Games in art.
Art, Modern > 17th century > History.
Littérature > 15e et 16e siècles > Histoire et critique.
Littérature > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Art > 17e siècle > Histoire.
History of art and design styles: c 1400 to c 1600.
Literary studies: c. 1500 to c. 1800.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Renaissance.
Art, Modern
Games in art
Games in literature
Literature, Modern
Cards.
Chess.
Dice.
Early Modern social history.
Game Play.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Chess and Luxury Playing Cards
  • 1. "Mad Chess" with a Mad Dwarf Jester
  • 2. Changing Hands
  • Part II. Gambling and Games of Chance
  • 3. "A game played home"
  • 4. "Now if the devil have bones, / These dice are made of his"
  • 5. The World Upside Down
  • Part III. Outdoor and Sportive Games
  • 6. "To catch the fellow, and come back again"
  • 7. Against Opposition (at Home)
  • Part IV. Games on Display
  • 8. Ordering the World
  • 9. The Games of Philipp Hainhofer

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