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Shakespeare and the Renaissance Concept of Honor
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Shakespeare and the Renaissance Concept of Honor
Contributors:
By (Author) Curtis Brown Watson
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800
Dewey:
822.33
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
490
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
851g
Description
Presenting a background study of honor, the author compares ancient concepts with the sympathetic restatements of them that appeared during the Renaissance. He places Shakespeare's plays in the context of these Renaissance ideas, pointing up the sharp conflict between Christian morality and the revived pagan humanism. He demonstrates by pertinent e
