Discourses of service in Shakespeare's England [electronic resource] / David Evett.
Publication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2005.Description: viii, 286 pISBN:- 1403968152
- 1403978883
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Household employees
- Household employees in literature
- Household employees -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Household employees -- England -- History -- 17th century
- Master and servant in literature
- Master and servant -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Master and servant -- England -- History -- 17th century
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- PR2992.S47 E97 2005eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. The paradox of service and freedom -- Ch. 2. The hop and the pole : the limits of materialism -- Ch. 3. "Surprising confrontations" : discourses of service in The taming of the shrew -- Ch. 4. "Monsieur, we are not lettered" : classical influences and the early modern marketplace -- Ch. 5. "Clubs, bills, and partisans" : retainer violence and male bonding -- Ch. 6. Fidelis Servus...: good service and the obligations of obedience -- Ch. 7. ...Perpetuus Asinus : bad service and the primacy of the will -- Ch. 8. "A place in the story" : gender, commodity, alienation, and service -- Ch. 9. "As willing as bondage e'er of freedom" : the vindication of willing service in The tempest.
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