Research Catalog

Discourses of service in Shakespeare's England

Title
Discourses of service in Shakespeare's England / David Evett.
Author
Evett, David.
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Book/TextUse in library PR2992.S47 E97 2005Off-site

Details

Description
viii, 286 pages; 22 cm
Summary
"One way or another, nearly all of Shakespeare's countrymen and women (including the playwright himself) spent at least parts of their lives as servants of someone else. But until now that fact has gone largely unregarded. This book remedies the oversight, by showing how the ideals and practices of early modern service affect dozens of characters in almost all Shakespeare's plays, in ways that enrich our understanding of familiar figures like Iago and Falstaff and enhance the significance of lesser-known people and events across the canon."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Characters > Household employees
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
  • Shakespeare, William 1564-1616
  • Drama Rapmusiker
  • Shakespeare, William
  • 1500-1699
  • Master and servant > England > History > 16th century
  • Master and servant > England > History > 17th century
  • Household employees > England > History > 16th century
  • Household employees > England > History > 17th century
  • Master and servant in literature
  • Household employees in literature
  • Household employees
  • Household employees in literature
  • Master and servant
  • Master and servant in literature
  • Diener Motiv
  • Drama
  • England
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-277) and index.
Contents
The paradox of service and freedom -- The hop and the pole : the limits of materialism -- "Surprising confrontations" : discourses of service in The taming of the shrew -- "Monsieur, we are not lettered" : classical influences and the early modern marketplace -- "Clubs, bills, and partisans" : retainer violence and male bonding -- Fidelus servus-- : good service and the obligations of obedience -- --Perpetuus asinus : bad service and the primacy of the will -- "A place in the story" : gender, commodity, alienation, and service -- "As willing as bondage e'er of freedom" : the vindication of willing service in The tempest.
ISBN
  • 9781403968159
  • 1403968152
LCCN
2004059777
OCLC
  • ocm56834270
  • 56834270
  • SCSB-14689519
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library