Making a Match : Courtship in Shakespeare and His Society.

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Making a Match examines the various options posed at every stage of English wooing, together with the presentation of these protocols in the plays of Shakespeare. Across the canon, wooing may command either a casual reference or a central position in the action, but no play escapes a connection of s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cook, Ann Jennalie, 1934-2017
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
Temas:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge > Social life and customs.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge > Manners and customs.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
1500-1599
Courtship > England > History > 16th century.
Courtship in literature.
Dating (Social customs) in literature.
Amours > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Amours dans la littérature.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Courtship.
England.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Making a Match examines the various options posed at every stage of English wooing, together with the presentation of these protocols in the plays of Shakespeare. Across the canon, wooing may command either a casual reference or a central position in the action, but no play escapes a connection of some kind. Instead of taking a fixed position on an institution intended to stabilize the commonwealth, Shakespeare constantly shifts position, in a kaleidoscope of caricature, criticism, acceptance, subversion, or indifference. For general readers and specialists alike, this work supplies.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (283 pages)
ISBN:9781400861750
1400861756

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