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Writing Russia in the age of Shakespeare /

This study commences with a simple question: how did Russia matter to England in the age of William Shakespeare? In order to answer the question, the author studies stories of Lapland survival, diplomatic envoys, merchant transactions, and plays for the public theaters of London. At the heart of eve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Palmer, Daryl W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
Colección:Studies in European cultural transition ; v. 22.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Inventing the venture : England and Russia at mid-century
  • 2. Ivan IV, Elizabeth I, and the dispatch of Anthony Jenkinson
  • 3. Writing the envoy : William Shakespeare's Love labour's lost and the reasons against reading
  • 4. Writing large : the case of Jerome Horsey, individualist
  • 5. Writing Ardor : the submissions of Giles Fletcher
  • 6. 'With the Emperor of Russia' : subjection and withdrawal in William Shakespeare's Measure for measure
  • 7. Imperial tyranny and the daughter's seclusion in William Shakespeare's The winter's tale
  • 8. The King's men's version of Muscovy : John Fletcher's The loyal subject.