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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198757581
ISBN-13
9780198757580
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219629455
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
636 Pages
Publication Name
Shakespeare's Binding Language
Language
English
Subject
Shakespeare, General
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
36.9 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2015-944872
Reviews
"Drawing on the bonds, and asseverations, of love, loyalty, debt, faith, promises and all sorts of other things that characters' vow to keep or maintain, the book explores the many ways in which Shakespeare's plays exploit the potential of the oath to bind as well as break the ties of kinship. Within this Kerrigan offers some compelling and intricate readings of oaths and their roles within the plays (and sometimes Sonnets) discussed." --Charlotte Scott, Shakespeare Studies "This outstanding book brings a new level of sophistication to the analysis of promising in Shakespeare's drama." --James P. Bednarz, Modern Philology, "Broad historical context ... and attentive readings of the plays ... The depth of subtlety which Kerrigan finds in the handling of ... specific rhetorical forms is compelling ... I read this with enthusiasm." --Stuart Kelly, The Spectator"Drawing on the bonds, and asseverations, of love, loyalty, debt, faith, promises and all sorts of other things that characters' vow to keep or maintain, the book explores the many ways in which Shakespeare's plays exploit the potential of the oath to bind as well as break the ties of kinship. Within this Kerrigan offers some compelling and intricate readings of oaths and their roles within the plays (and sometimes Sonnets) discussed." --Charlotte Scott, Shakespeare Studies"This outstanding book brings a new level of sophistication to the analysis of promising in Shakespeare's drama." --James P. Bednarz, Modern Philology"Brilliant ... dazzling ... capacious, generous ... this book will remain a resource for students and scholars for decades." --Rebecca Lemon, Shakespeare Quarterly, "Given this year's 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, there was always going to be a slew of new publications; few, I suspect, will have as long-lasting an effect as John Kerrigan's. His field of inquiry is both straightforward and complicated. It is almost retrospectively obvious that Shakespeare's plays contain a great amount of vows, oaths, swearing both covenantual and vulgar, pledges, promises and imprecations. The same might be said for a great many playwrights' works; but the depth of subtlety which Kerrigan finds in the handling of these specific rhetorical forms is compelling." -- The Spectator, "John Kerrigan is, to my mind, one of the most incisive and subtle contemporary writers on Shakespeare. His study of oaths and swearing - Shakespeare's Binding Language - is magisterial. This book comprises versions of his Oxford Wells Shakespeare lectures and looks, closely, at this trickiest of questions: how original was Shakespeare? It takes in textual sources, innovation in stagecraft and the history of when Shakespeare became both the great original and the best of adaptors." -- Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday "Drawing on the bonds, and asseverations, of love, loyalty, debt, faith, promises and all sorts of other things that characters' vow to keep or maintain, the book explores the many ways in which Shakespeare's plays exploit the potential of the oath to bind as well as break the ties of kinship. Within this Kerrigan offers some compelling and intricate readings of oaths and their roles within the plays (and sometimes Sonnets) discussed." --Charlotte Scott, Shakespeare Studies "This outstanding book brings a new level of sophistication to the analysis of promising in Shakespeare's drama." --James P. Bednarz, Modern Philology, a massive, complicated and brilliant interpretation of the oaths, vows and promises that bind the characters in virtually every one of Shakespeare's plays ... Shakespeare will only endure if we continually reinvent and reinterpret him, and Kerrigan has done just that. We will still be digesting his masterly work on vows and oaths by 2023 and the next Shakespeare celebration, the 400th anniversary of the First Folio's publication., "This outstanding book brings a new level of sophistication to the analysis of promising in Shakespeare's drama." --James P. Bednarz, Modern Philology, "Broad historical context ... and attentive readings of the plays ... The depth of subtlety which Kerrigan finds in the handling of ... specific rhetorical forms is compelling ... I read this with enthusiasm." --Stuart Kelly, The Spectator "Drawing on the bonds, and asseverations, of love, loyalty, debt, faith, promises and all sorts of other things that characters' vow to keep or maintain, the book explores the many ways in which Shakespeare's plays exploit the potential of the oath to bind as well as break the ties of kinship. Within this Kerrigan offers some compelling and intricate readings of oaths and their roles within the plays (and sometimes Sonnets) discussed." --Charlotte Scott, Shakespeare Studies "This outstanding book brings a new level of sophistication to the analysis of promising in Shakespeare's drama." --James P. Bednarz, Modern Philology "Brilliant ... dazzling ... capacious, generous ... this book will remain a resource for students and scholars for decades." --Rebecca Lemon, Shakespeare Quarterly, "...Kerrigan investigates a wide variety of culturally specific norms governing this language and how Shakespeare interrogates those norms in his plays. For example, in examining Love's Labours Lost, Kerrigan points out that in Shakespeare's time, Cambridge and Oxford students were required to take a three-year pledge of celibacy to live with friends and study- a fact that makes the initial vow of the play comprehensible. The play suggests that Shakespeare found these pledges ridiculous and possibly tragic. In other chapters, Kerrigan addresses oaths of revenge, money and its bonds, matrimonial pledges, promises of loyalty to government, and swearing to God or gods. Each form of binding language has a historically specific constellation of meanings that Kerrigan uses to inform the plays. A fascinating, fresh, and erudite look at Shakespeare's plays." --B. A. McGowan, CHOICE "Given this year's 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, there was always going to be a slew of new publications; few, I suspect, will have as long-lasting an effect as John Kerrigan's. His field of inquiry is both straightforward and complicated. It is almost retrospectively obvious that Shakespeare's plays contain a great amount of vows, oaths, swearing both covenantual and vulgar, pledges, promises and imprecations. The same might be said for a great many playwrights' works; but the depth of subtlety which Kerrigan finds in the handling of these specific rhetorical forms is compelling." -- The Spectator
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
822.33
Table Of Content
PrefaceIntroductionEarly Revenge: 3 Henry VI to Titus AndronicusSwearing in Jest: Love's Labour's LostA World-Without-End Bargain: Love's Labour's LostGroup Revenge: Titus Andronicus to OthelloTime and Money: The Comedy of Errors and The Merchant of VeniceShylock and Wedlock: Carnal BondsMighty Opposites: 2 Henry VI to HamletOaths, Threats, and Henry VTroilus, Cressida, and ConstancyBinding Language in Measure for MeasureKnots, Charms, Riddles: Macbeth and All's Well That Ends WellBenefits and Bonds: King Lear and Timon of AthensReformation I: King James, King Johan and King JohnReformation II: Sir Thomas More and Henry VIIICoriolanus FidiussedOath and Counsel: Cymbeline and The Winter's TaleEpilogue
Synopsis
This remarkable, innovative book explores the significance in Shakespeare's plays of oaths, vows, contracts, pledges and the other utterances and acts by which characters commit themselves to the truth of things past, present, and to come. In early modern England, such binding language was everywhere. Oaths of office, marriage vows, legal bonds, and casual, everyday profanity gave shape and texture to life. The proper use of such language, and the extent of its power to bind, was argued over by lawyers, religious writers, and satirists, and these debates inform literature and drama. Shakespeare's Binding Language gives a freshly researched account of these contexts, but it is focused on the plays. What motives should we look for when characters asseverate or promise? How far is binding language self-persuasive or deceptive? When is it allowable to break a vow? How do oaths and promises structure an audience's expectations? Across the sweep of Shakespeare's career, from the early histories to the late romances, this book opens new perspectives on key dramatic moments and illuminates language and action. Each chapter gives an account of a play or group of plays, yet the study builds to a sustained investigation of some of the most important systems, institutions, and controversies in early modern England, and of the wiring of Shakespearean dramaturgy. Scholarly but accessible, and offering startling insights, this is a major contribution to Shakespeare studies by one of the leading figures in the field., This remarkable, innovative book explores the significance in Shakespeare's plays of oaths, vows, contracts, pledges and the other utterances and acts by which characters commit themselves to the truth of things past, present, and to come. In early modern England, such binding language was everywhere. Oaths of office, marriage vows, legal bonds, and casual, everyday profanity gave shape and texture to life. The proper use of such language, and the extent of its power to bind, was argued over by lawyers, religious writers, and satirists, and these debates inform literature and drama.Shakespeare's Binding Language gives a freshly researched account of these contexts, but it is focused on the plays. What motives should we look for when characters asseverate or promise? How far is binding language self-persuasive or deceptive? When is it allowable to break a vow? How do oaths and promises structure an audience's expectations? Across the sweep of Shakespeare's career, from the early histories to the late romances, this book opens new perspectives on key dramatic moments and illuminates language and action. Each chapter gives an account of a play or group of plays, yet the study builds to a sustained investigation of some of the most important systems, institutions, and controversies in early modern England, and of the wiring of Shakespearean dramaturgy. Scholarly but accessible, and offering startling insights, this is a major contribution to Shakespeare studies by one of the leading figures in the field., This remarkable, innovative book explores the significance in Shakespeare's plays of oaths, vows, contracts, pledges, and the other utterances and acts by which characters commit themselves to the truth of things past, present, and to come. In early modern England, such binding language was everywhere. Oaths of office, marriage vows, legal bonds, and casual, everyday profanity gave shape and texture to life. The proper use of such language, and the extent of its power to bind, was argued over by lawyers, religious writers, and satirists, and these debates inform literature and drama. Shakespeare's Binding Language gives a freshly researched account of these contexts, but it is focused on Shakespeare's plays. What motives should we look for when characters asseverate or promise? How far is binding language self-persuasive or deceptive? When is it allowable to break a vow? How do oaths and promises structure an audience's expectations? Across the sweep of Shakespeare's career, from the early histories to the late romances, this book opens new perspectives on key dramatic moments and illuminates language and action. Each chapter gives an account of a play or group of plays, yet the study builds to a sustained investigation of some of the most important systems, institutions, and controversies in early modern England, and of the wiring of Shakespearean dramaturgy. Scholarly but accessible, and offering startling insights, this is a major contribution to Shakespeare studies by one of the leading figures in the field., Shakespeare's Binding Language is an innovative, substantial but highly readable study exploring the significance in Shakespeare's plays of oaths, vows, contracts, pledges and the other verbal and performative acts by which characters commit themselves to the truth of things past, present, and to come.
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