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 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 which people regarded perjury, and an appreciation of the attempts to prohibit profanity. Shakespeare's work is then examined against this background.

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[目次]

  • 1. The Mouth-Filling Oath2. Oaths as Structure3. Fashionable Swearing4. Oaths of Air and of Honour5. Oaths and Tragic Tension6. In Response to Censorship

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書名 Swearing and perjury in Shakespeare's plays
著作者等 Shirley, Frances A.
SHIRLEY
シリーズ名 Routledge library editions
出版元 Routledge
刊行年月 2005, c1979
ページ数 xiv, 174 p.
大きさ 23 cm
ISBN 0415353068
NCID BA70972102
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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