Swearing and perjury in Shakespeare's plays

Swearing and perjury in Shakespeare's plays / Frances A. Shirley.

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...

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Main Author: Shirley, Frances A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 2005.
Series:Routledge library editions. Shakespeare.
Critical studies ; 33.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Language.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge > Manners and customs.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William.
Swearing in literature.
Oaths in literature.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Language and languages
Manners and customs
Oaths in literature
Swearing in literature
Eid > Motiv
Drama
Eid
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Originally published: London: Allen and Unwin, 1979.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 174 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781136565175
1136565175
9781315018539
1315018535

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