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- catalog abstract ""Putting History to the Question is the result of Neill's ongoing investigation of how literature provides a revealing portrait of nation, social order, and empire, and how the flow of literary discourse affects the progress of history. Covering dramatic works by Shakespeare, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, and others - and reflecting upon subjects rangings from social attitudes toward racial difference and adultery to the politics of mercantilism and the hierarchy of master/servant relationships - the book reenergizes the discussion of Renaissance drama and history." "For the many scholars and students accustomed to reading from photocopies of Neill's writings. Putting History to the Question will be a valuable addition to the critical library."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11337885.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Putting History to the Question is the result of Neill's ongoing investigation of how literature provides a revealing portrait of nation, social order, and empire, and how the flow of literary discourse affects the progress of history. Covering dramatic works by Shakespeare, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, and others - and reflecting upon subjects rangings from social attitudes toward racial difference and adultery to the politics of mercantilism and the hierarchy of master/servant relationships - the book reenergizes the discussion of Renaissance drama and history." "For the many scholars and students accustomed to reading from photocopies of Neill's writings. Putting History to the Question will be a valuable addition to the critical library."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "PART 1: The stage and social order. Servant obedience and master sins: Shakespeare and the bonds of service -- "This gentle gentleman": social change and the language of status in Arden of Faversham -- Massinger's patriarchy: the social vision of A new way to pay old debts -- "The tongues of Angels": charity and the social order in The city madam -- "In everything illegitimate": imagining the bastard in English renaissance drama -- Bastardy, counterfeiting, and misogyny in The Revenger's tragedy -- "Amphitheaters in the body": playing with hands on the Shakespearean stage. PART 2: Race, nation, empire. Changing places in Othello -- "Unproper beds": race, adultery, and the hideous in Othello -- "Mulattos," "Blacks," and "Indian Moors": Othello and early modern constructions of human difference -- Putting history to the question: an episode of torture at Bantam in Java, 1604 -- "Material flames": romance, empire, and mercantile fantasy in John Fletcher's Island princess -- Broken English and broken Irish: nation. language, and the optic of power in Shakespeare's histories -- "The exact map or discovery of human affairs": Shakespeare and the plotting of history -- The world beyond: Shakespeare and the Tropes.".
- catalog extent "xii, 527 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0231113323 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Columbia University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "England.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "822/.309358 21".
- catalog subject "English drama 17th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Literature and history Great Britain History.".
- catalog subject "Literature and society England History 16th century.".
- catalog subject "Literature and society England History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "PR658.P65 N45 2000".
- catalog subject "Political plays, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Politics and literature Great Britain History 16th century.".
- catalog subject "Politics and literature Great Britain History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Power (Social sciences) in literature.".
- catalog subject "Renaissance England.".
- catalog tableOfContents "PART 1: The stage and social order. Servant obedience and master sins: Shakespeare and the bonds of service -- "This gentle gentleman": social change and the language of status in Arden of Faversham -- Massinger's patriarchy: the social vision of A new way to pay old debts -- "The tongues of Angels": charity and the social order in The city madam -- "In everything illegitimate": imagining the bastard in English renaissance drama -- Bastardy, counterfeiting, and misogyny in The Revenger's tragedy -- "Amphitheaters in the body": playing with hands on the Shakespearean stage. PART 2: Race, nation, empire. Changing places in Othello -- "Unproper beds": race, adultery, and the hideous in Othello -- "Mulattos," "Blacks," and "Indian Moors": Othello and early modern constructions of human difference -- Putting history to the question: an episode of torture at Bantam in Java, 1604 -- "Material flames": romance, empire, and mercantile fantasy in John Fletcher's Island princess -- Broken English and broken Irish: nation. language, and the optic of power in Shakespeare's histories -- "The exact map or discovery of human affairs": Shakespeare and the plotting of history -- The world beyond: Shakespeare and the Tropes.".
- catalog title "Putting history to the question : power, politics, and society in English Renaissance drama / Michael Neill.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".