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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Studies in European cultural transition ; v. 22
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Studies in European cultural transition ; v. 22.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 of a joint-stock arrangement, and each man's relative success and failure tells us much about the way Russia mattered to England. |
| Contents |
1. Inventing the venture : England and Russia at mid-century -- 2. Ivan IV, Elizabeth I, and the dispatch of Anthony Jenkinson -- 3. Writing the envoy : William Shakespeare's Love labour's lost and the reasons against reading -- 4. Writing large : the case of Jerome Horsey, individualist -- 5. Writing Ardor : the submissions of Giles Fletcher -- 6. 'With the Emperor of Russia' : subjection and withdrawal in William Shakespeare's Measure for measure -- 7. Imperial tyranny and the daughter's seclusion in William Shakespeare's The winter's tale -- 8. The King's men's version of Muscovy : John Fletcher's The loyal subject. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge and learning.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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English literature -- Russian influences.
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English literature -- Russian influences. |
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English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
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Public opinion -- England -- History -- 16th century.
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Public opinion. |
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England. |
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History. |
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16th century |
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Public opinion -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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17th century |
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Russia -- Foreign public opinion, British.
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Russia. |
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Great Britain -- Relations -- Russia.
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Great Britain. |
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Russia -- Relations -- Great Britain.
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Russia -- In literature.
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Relations. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. |
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English literature -- Early modern. |
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International relations. |
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Literature. |
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Public opinion, British. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1700 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
9780754638476 9781138266469 |
| ISBN |
9781351870771 (electronic book) |
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1351870777 (electronic book) |
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9781315233345 |
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1315233347 |
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9780754638476 |
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