Sovereign amity : figures of friendship in Shakespearean contexts / Laurie Shannon.

Author/creator Shannon, Laurie
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Descriptionxiii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Views on friendship.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge. --Social life and customs.
Kings and rulers in literature.
Friendship in literature.

Contents Prologue: "soveraigne amitie" -- 1. The early modern politics of likeness: sovereign reader-subjects and listening kings -- 2. Chaste associations in Cary's Tragedy of Mariam: sexual mixtures, same-sex friendship, and the genders of integrity -- 3. Professing friendship: erotic prerogatives and "human title" in The two noble kinsmen -- 4. Ungoverned states: friendship, mignonnerie, and the private monarch -- 5. The false prince and the true subject: friendship and public institutions in Edward II and the Henriad -- 6. Friendship's offices: true speech and artificial bodies in The winter's tale -- Epilogue: Magna civitas, Magna solitudo, bureaucratic forms and civic conditions.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 229-235) and index.
LCCN 2001001936
ISBN0226749665 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226749673 (paper : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR3069.F73 S48 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold