Games and game playing in European art and literature, 16th-17th centuries / edited by Robin O'Bryan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Bryan, Robin Leigh, editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

Cultures of play, 1300-1700 ; 1.

Cultures of play, 1300-1700 ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Games in literature.

Literature, Modern--15th and 16th centuries--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Literature, Modern--17th century--History and criticism.

Games in art.

Art, Modern--17th century--History.

Art, Modern.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part I. Chess and Luxury Playing Cards

1. “Mad Chess” with a Mad Dwarf Jester

2. Changing Hands

Part II. Gambling and Games of Chance

3. “A game played home”

4. “Now if the devil have bones,/ These dice are made of his”

5. The World Upside Down

Part III. Outdoor and Sportive Games

6. “To catch the fellow, and come back again”

7. Against Opposition (at Home)

Part IV. Games on Display

8. Ordering the World

9. The Games of Philipp Hainhofer

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 13, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version: Games and game-playing in European art and literature, 16th-17th centuries

ISBN:

9789048544844

904854484X

Publisher Number:

99983494377

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.