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One way and another, nearly all of Shakespeare's countrymen and women (including the playwright himself) spent at least parts of their lives as servants of someone else.

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The Great Paradox, From St. Paul to Shakespeare The Hop and the Pole: The Limits of Materialism 'Surprising Confrontations': Discourses of Service in The Taming of the Shrew 'Monsieur, We Are Not Lettered': Classical Influences and the Early Modern Marketplace 'Clubs, Bills, and Partisans': Retainer Violence and Male Bonding Fidelis Servus...: Good Service and the Obligations of Obedience Perpetuus Asinus: Bad Service and the Primacy of the Will 'A Place in the Story': Gender, Commodity, Alienation, and Service 'As Willing As Bondage E'er of Freedom': The Vindication of Willing Service in The Tempest

Discourses of Service in Shakespeares England

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      Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan Us
      Publication Date: 5/11/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781403968159, 978-1403968159
      ISBN10: 1403968152
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      One way and another, nearly all of Shakespeare's countrymen and women (including the playwright himself) spent at least parts of their lives as servants of someone else.

      Table of Contents
      The Great Paradox, From St. Paul to Shakespeare The Hop and the Pole: The Limits of Materialism 'Surprising Confrontations': Discourses of Service in The Taming of the Shrew 'Monsieur, We Are Not Lettered': Classical Influences and the Early Modern Marketplace 'Clubs, Bills, and Partisans': Retainer Violence and Male Bonding Fidelis Servus...: Good Service and the Obligations of Obedience Perpetuus Asinus: Bad Service and the Primacy of the Will 'A Place in the Story': Gender, Commodity, Alienation, and Service 'As Willing As Bondage E'er of Freedom': The Vindication of Willing Service in The Tempest

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