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1 online resource (1 volume) |
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Originally published: 1998. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Contents; Introduction; ONE: Chivalry's Legacy; TWO: War and Peace; THREE: A Pagan Knight?: Shakespeare's Ancient Wars; FOUR: The Homeric Wars through Shakespeare; FIVE: The Brave or the Wise?: Two Conflicting Conceptions of Chivalric Honour; SIX: Chivalry as a Normative Ideal; SEVEN: Debunking Chivalry's Myth: Commoners, Fools, and Cynics; EIGHT: Principle under Stress; NINE: Crimes and Accountability; Epilogue; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z. |
| Summary |
War is a major theme in Shakespeare's plays. Aside from its dramatic appeal, it provided him with a context in which his characters, steeped in the ideals of chivalry, could discuss such concepts as honor, courage, patriotism, and justice. Well aware of the decline of chivalry in his own era, Shakespeare gave his characters lines calling for civilized behavior, mercy, humanitarian principles, and moral responsibility. In this remarkable new book, eminent legal scholar Theodor Meron looks at contemporary international humanitarian law and rules for the conduct of war through the lens of Shakesp. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. (OCoLC)fst00029048
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War in literature.
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Chivalry in literature.
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War (International law)
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
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Chivalry in literature. (OCoLC)fst00858015
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War in literature. (OCoLC)fst01170505
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War (International law) (OCoLC)fst01170412
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Meron, Theodor, 1930- Bloody constraint. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001 0195144066 (OCoLC)45592978 |
| ISBN |
1423738292 (electronic bk.) |
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9781423738299 (electronic bk.) |
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9780198028796 (electronic bk.) |
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0198028792 (electronic bk.) |
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