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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.

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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.

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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

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Princeton University Library