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Shakespeare's gemstones
- Title
- Shakespeare's gemstones / by David W. Berry.
- Author
- Berry, David W. (David Walker), 1953-
- Publication
- [Place of publication not identified] : David W. Berry, [2004], ©2004
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PR3000 .B47 2004g | Off-site |
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- Description
- 116 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-116) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Background on the use of gems in Elizabethan England -- Shakespeare's use of gems as imagery -- Shakespeare's use of gems in the romance tradition -- The diamond in "Cymbeline" : symbol and means for unity -- The two rings in "All's well that ends well" -- Claudius's union : ritual and revenge -- Duncan's gift of a diamond in "Macbeth" -- Shylock's turquoise and diamond -- Desdemona as chrysolite and pearl -- Statistics on gem reference -- Index of individual gemstones -- Bibliography.
- ISBN
- 1427604096
- 9781427604095
- OCLC
- ocn213411686
- 213411686
- SCSB-5722480
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries