| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 174 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Routledge library editions. Shakespeare
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Critical studies ; 33
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Routledge library editions. Shakespeare.
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Critical studies ; 33.
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| Note |
Originally published: London: Allen and Unwin, 1979. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 The Mouth-Filling Oath; 2 Oaths as Structure; 3 Fashionable Swearing; 4 Oaths of Air and of Honour; 5 Oaths and Tragic Tension; 6 In Response to Censorship; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
First published in 1979. How do the elements of swearing and perjury work in Shakespeare's plays? What effect did Shakespeare intend when he wrote them? How did they contribute to the delineation of character? These questions are investigated by combining a history of ideas approach with close textual analysis. The book begins by bringing together material from a wide range of contemporary sources in order to create a sense of popular awareness of oaths in Queen Elizabeth's time. Out of this emerges a scale of the relative strength of various oaths, an awareness of the ways in. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Language.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge and learning -- Manners and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Shakespeare, William. |
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Swearing in literature.
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Swearing in literature. |
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Oaths in literature.
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Oaths in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shirley, Frances A. Swearing and perjury in Shakespeare's plays 0415353068 (OCoLC)56759858 |
| ISBN |
9781136565175 (electronic book) |
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1136565175 (electronic book) |
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9781315018539 (e-book) |
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1315018535 (e-book) |
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0415353068 |
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9780415353069 |
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