Swearing and Perjury in Shakespeare's Plays

Specificaties
Gebonden, 188 blz. | Engels
Taylor & Francis | 1e druk, 2004
ISBN13: 9780415353069
Rubricering
Juridisch :
Taylor & Francis 1e druk, 2004 9780415353069
€ 435,72
Levertijd ongeveer 11 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden

Samenvatting

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 which people regarded perjury, and an appreciation of the attempts to prohibit profanity. Shakespeare's work is then examined against this background.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9780415353069
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:188
Druk:1

Net verschenen

€ 435,72
Levertijd ongeveer 11 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden

Rubrieken

    Personen

      Trefwoorden

        Swearing and Perjury in Shakespeare's Plays