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  1. Making a Match
    Courtship in Shakespeare and His Society
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton

    Making a Match examines the various options posed at every stage of English wooing, together with the presentation of these protocols in the plays of Shakespeare. Across the canon, wooing may command either a casual reference or a central position in... more

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    Making a Match examines the various options posed at every stage of English wooing, together with the presentation of these protocols in the plays of Shakespeare. Across the canon, wooing may command either a casual reference or a central position in the action, but no play escapes a connection of some kind. Instead of taking a fixed position on an institution intended to stabilize the commonwealth, Shakespeare constantly shifts position, in a kaleidoscope of caricature, criticism, acceptance, subversion, or indifference. For general readers and specialists alike, this work supplies

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781400861750; 1400861756
    Series: Princeton Legacy Library
    Subjects: Courtship; Courtship in literature; Courtship; DRAMA ; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; LITERARY CRITICISM ; European ; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Courtship; Courtship in literature; History
    Other subjects: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Shakespeare, William 1564-1616; Shakespeare, William
    Scope: Online Ressource (283 pages)
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  2. Making a Match
    Courtship in Shakespeare and His Society
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1400861756; 9781400861750
    Series: Princeton legacy library
    Subjects: DRAMA / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Alltag, Brauchtum; Geschichte; Wissen; Courtship; Courtship in literature; Liebeswerben <Motiv>; Liebeswerben; Partnerwahl
    Other subjects: Shakespeare, William / 1564-1616; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
    Scope: 1 online resource (283 pages)
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    Acknowledgments ; CHAPTER I; Once upon a Time; CHAPTER II; The Age of Marriageability; CHAPTER III; The Social Status of Prospective Partners; CHAPTER IV; Parental Authority and Personal Affection; CHAPTER V; Agents and Go-Betweens; CHAPTER VI; Dowries and Jointures; CHAPTER VII; Formal Proposals, Public Contracts, and Proper Weddings; CHAPTER VIII; Secret Promises and Elopements, Broken Contracts and Divorces; CHAPTER IX; Courtship and Politics; CHAPTER X; Happily Ever After?; Appendixes ; Age at First Marriage; List of Play Titles and Abbreviations; Index

    Making a Match examines the various options posed at every stage of English wooing, together with the presentation of these protocols in the plays of Shakespeare. Across the canon, wooing may command either a casual reference or a central position in the action, but no play escapes a connection of some kind. Instead of taking a fixed position on an institution intended to stabilize the commonwealth, Shakespeare constantly shifts position, in a kaleidoscope of caricature, criticism, acceptance, subversion, or indifference. For general readers and specialists alike, this work supplies