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Autore |
Gillen Katherine |
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Titolo |
Chaste value : economic crisis, female chastity and the production of social difference on Shakespeare's stage / / Katherine Gillen [[electronic resource]] |
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Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2017 |
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ISBN |
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1-4744-1773-6 |
1-4744-3453-3 |
1-4744-1772-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 310 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism |
Chastity in literature |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editor’s Preface -- Introduction: Chastity and the Question of Value -- 1. Chastity and the Ethics of Commercial Theatre in Measure for Measure, Pericles and The Revenger’s Tragedy -- 2. Commercial Chastity and Aristocratic Value in Troilus and Cressida, The White Devil and The Changeling -- 3. Chaste Selfhood: Ben Jonson’s Critique of Urban Chastity Tropes -- 4. Chastity and Blackness: Racial Value and Commodity Potential in The Fair Maid of the West, Part I and Othello -- 5. Mediterranean Markets, Commoditised Masculinity and the Whitening of Christian Chastity in The Merchant of Venice and The Renegado -- 6. Chaste Treasure and National Identity in The Rape of Lucrece and Cymbeline -- Coda: Approaching Capitalist Modernity -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Chaste Value reassesses chastity's significance in early modern drama, arguing that presentations of chastity inform the stage's production of early capitalist subjectivity and social difference. |
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