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Male friendship in Shakespeare and his contemporaries / Tom MacFaul.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacFaul, Tom, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters--Men.
- Male friendship in literature.
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 222 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- Male Friendship in Shakespeare & his Contemporaries
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Renaissance Humanism developed a fantasy of friendship in which men can be absolutely equal to one another, but Shakespeare and other dramatists quickly saw through this rhetoric and developed their own ideas about friendship more firmly based on a respect for human difference. They created a series of brilliant and varied fictions for human connection, as often antagonistic as sympathetic, using these as a means for individuals to assert themselves in the face of social domination. Whilst the fantasy of equal and permanent friendship shaped their thinking, dramatists used friendship most effectively as a way of shaping individuality and its limitations. Dealing with a wide range of Shakespeare's plays and poems, and with many works of his contemporaries, this study gives readers a deeper insight into a crucial aspect of Shakespeare's culture and his use of it in art.
- Contents:
- True friends?
- Momentary mutuality in Shakespeare's sonnets
- Friends and brothers
- Love and friendship
- Servants
- Political friendship
- Fellowship
- False friendship and betrayal
- Conclusion : 'Time must friend or end.'
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-17115-6
- 1-280-90959-5
- 9786610909599
- 0-511-28638-4
- 0-511-28564-7
- 0-511-28407-1
- 0-511-32177-5
- 0-511-48373-2
- 0-511-28487-X
- OCLC:
- 212891543
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