Games and war in early modern English literature : from Shakespeare to Swift / edited by Holly Faith...
Games and war in early modern English literature : from Shakespeare to Swift / edited by Holly Faith...
Games and war in early modern English literature : from Shakespeare to Swift / edited by Holly Faith Nelson and James William Daems. [electronic resource]
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Publisher
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019.
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
1 online resource (206 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Content type
text
Media type
computer
Carrier type
online resource
Contents
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- The Interplay of Games and War in Early Modern English Literature : An Introduction -- 1. 'Can this cock-pit hold the vasty fields of France?' Cock-Fighting and the Representation of War in Shakespeare's Henry V -- 2. Game Over: Play and War in Sha...
Publication information
Publisher
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019.
Date Published
2019.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Cultural history of play
- Games in literature
- Gender and games
- History of wargames
- Paper wars
- Playing war
- War and games
- War and play
- Warfare in literature
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This pioneering collection of nine original essays carves out a new conceptual path in the field by theorizing the ways in which the language of games and warfare inform and illuminate each other in the early modern cultural imagination. They consider how warfare and games are mapped onto each other in aesthetically and ideologically significant wa...
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Games and war in early modern English literature : from Shakespeare to Swift / edited by Holly Faith Nelson and James William Daems. [electronic resource]
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Notes
General note
Cultures of play, 1300-1700
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
In English.
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74VKaz0XQbXg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz0XQbXg
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ISBN
90-485-4483-1
DDC
820.93581
MMS ID
991024402518002626
