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Writing Russia in the age of Shakespeare
- Title
- Writing Russia in the age of Shakespeare / Daryl W. Palmer.
- Author
- Palmer, Daryl W.
- Publication
- Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2004.
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Details
- Description
- xxiii, 256 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "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 every chapter, Shakespeare and his contemporaries are seen questioning the status of writing in English, what it can and cannot accomplish under the influence of humanism, capitalism, and early modern science. The phrase 'Writing Russia' stands for the way these English writers attempted to advance themselves by conjuring up versions of Russian life. Each man wrote out a joint-stock arrangement, and each man's relative success and failure tells us much about the way Russian mattered to England"--Front flap.
- Series Statement
- Studies in European cultural transition ; v. 22
- Uniform Title
- Studies in European cultural transition ; v. 22.
- Subject
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Knowledge and learning
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Shakespeare, William, (1564-1616) > Savoir et érudition > Russie
- Shakespeare, William
- 1500-1700
- Geschichte 1558-1603
- English literature > Russian influences
- English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
- Public opinion > England > History > 16th century
- Public opinion > England > History > 17th century
- Learning and scholarship
- English literature > Early modern
- English literature > Russian influences
- International relations
- Literature
- Public opinion
- Public opinion, British
- Littérature anglaise > Influence russe
- Littérature anglaise > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique
- Opinion publique > Grande-Bretagne > 16e siècle
- Opinion publique > Grande-Bretagne > 17e siècle
- Russia > Foreign public opinion, British
- Great Britain > Relations > Russia
- Russia > Relations > Great Britain
- Russia > In literature
- Russia
- England
- Great Britain
- Russland
- Russie > Opinion publique étrangère
- Grande-Bretagne > Relations > Russie
- Russie > Relations > Grande-Bretagne
- Russie > Et la littérature anglaise
- Russland (Motiv)
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-249) and index.
- Contents
- Inventing the venture : England and Russia at mid-century -- Ivan IV, Elizabeth I, and the dispatch of Anthony Jenkinson -- Writing the envoy : William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost and the reasons against reading -- Writing large : the case of Jerome Horsey, individualist -- Writing ardor : the submissions of Giles Fletcher -- 'With the emperor of Russia' : subjection and withdrawal in William Shakespeare's Measure for measure -- Imperial tyranny and the daughter's seclusion in William Shakespeare's The winter's tale -- The king's men's version of Muscovy : John Fletcher's The loyal subject -- Epilogue : knowledge, permutation, and John Tradescant's roses.
- ISBN
- 0754638472
- 9780754638476
- LCCN
- 2003025574
- OCLC
- ocm53848442
- 53848442
- SCSB-1334801
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library