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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164917203321

Autore

Brown Cedric C (Cedric Clive), <1943->

Titolo

Friendship and its discourses in the seventeenth century / / Cedric C. Brown [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

ISBN

0-19-250813-X

0-19-183343-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

820.9003

Soggetti

English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

Friendship in literature

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Cedric C. Brown presents an account of the immense importance of friendship bonds to early modern society. Drawing on new archival research, he acknowledges a wide range of types of friendship, from the intimate to the obviously instrumental, and sees these practices as often coterminous with gift exchange.