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Service and dependency in Shakespeare's plays /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Service and dependency in Shakespeare's plays // Judith Weil.
remainder title:	Service & Dependency in Shakespeare's Plays
Author:	Weil, Judith,
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 210 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Master and servant - History - 16th century. - England -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511484063
ISBN:	9780511484063 (ebook)

Service and dependency in Shakespeare's plays /
Weil, Judith,

Service and dependency in Shakespeare's plays /Service & Dependency in Shakespeare's PlaysJudith Weil. - 1 online resource (ix, 210 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction : "slippery people" --1.

This is an unusual study of the nature of service and other types of dependency and patronage in Shakespeare's drama. By considering the close associations of service with childhood or youth, marriage and friendship, Judith Weil sheds light on social practice and dramatic action. Approached as dynamic explorations of a familiar custom, the plays are shown to demonstrate a surprising consciousness of obligations, and a fascination with how dependants actively change each other. They help us understand why early modern people may have found service both frightening and enabling. Attentive to a range of historical sources, and social and cultural issues, Weil also emphasises the linguistic ambiguities created by service relationships, and their rich potential for interpretation on the stage. The book includes close readings of dramatic sequences in twelve plays, including Hamlet, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew and King Lear.

ISBN: 9780511484063 (ebook)Subjects--Personal Names:

801322
Shakespeare, William,
1564-1616--Literary style.Subjects--Topical Terms:

1442952
Master and servant
--History--England--16th century.

LC Class. No.: PR2992.S47 / W45 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 822.3/3

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