Shakespeare and the Hunt (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521030588)

Shakespeare and the Hunt is the first book-length study of Shakespeare's works in relation to the culture of the hunt in Elizabethan and Jacobean society. Situating Shakespeare's works in this rich cultural context, Berry illuminates the plays from fresh angles. He explores, for example, the role of poaching in The Merry Wives of Windsor; the paradox of pastoral hunting in As You Like It; the intertwining of hunting and politics in The Tempest; and the gendered language of falconry in The Taming of the Shrew.

Author: Edward Berry
ISBN-10: 0521030587
ISBN-13: 9780521030588
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2006
Pages: 268
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d