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Author
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Date published
2006
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Publisher
Philadelphia, Pa. : Bristol : University of Pennsylvania Press ; University Presses Marketing [distributor], c2006.
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Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. As you like it.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Winter's tale.
English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
Pastoral literature, English History and criticism
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Accession number
83428968
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Class
95 history and criticism/WAT
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ISBN
0812239059 (hbk.)
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Language
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Physical description
viii, 436 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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General note: Chapters 2, 3 and 8 discuss Shakespeare's The winter's tale, As you like it, and The merchant of Venice respectively, and includes Shakespeare references throughout. K-SuSCL Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-417) and index. Summary, etc: Ranging across scholarly disciplines, this work shows that urbanisation, capitalism, Protestantism, colonialism, empirical science and optical technologies conspired to alienate people from both the earth and reality itself in the 17th century, and that this is crucial in understanding the artwork of the time.