Shakespeare's Binding Language
Author | : John Kerrigan |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 635 |
Release | : 2016 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780198757580 |
ISBN-13 | : 0198757581 |
Rating | : 4/5 (581 Downloads) |
Download or read book Shakespeare's Binding Language written by John Kerrigan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.