Swearing and perjury in Shakespeare's plays /

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Author / Creator:	Shirley, Frances A.
Imprint:	London : Routledge, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 174 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge library editions. Shakespeare Critical studies ; 33 Routledge library editions. Shakespeare. Critical studies ; 33.
Subject:	Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Language. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Manners and customs. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. Swearing in literature. Oaths in literature. Language and languages. Manners and customs. Oaths in literature. Swearing in literature. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11303802

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ISBN:	9781136565175 1136565175 9781315018539 1315018535 0415353068 9780415353069
Notes:	Originally published: London: Allen and Unwin, 1979. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Shirley, Frances A. Swearing and perjury in Shakespeare's plays 0415353068

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