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Author Anderson, Linda, 1949 May 24-

Title A place in the story : servants and service in Shakespeare's plays / Linda Anderson.

Publication Info. Newark, Del. : University of Delaware Press, [2005]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  828 S527YAND    Check Shelf
Description 339 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-330) and index.
Contents "The lives of other": Introduction -- "What duty is": Service as ideal and indignity -- "The need we have to use you": Uses of servants -- "The mere word's a slave": Language and service -- "If I last in this service": Loyalty and disloyalty -- "Good counsel": Servants' advice and commentary -- "A losing office": Messengers -- "'Tis proper I obey him, but not now": Conflicts of service -- "Every good servant does not all commands": The duty to disobey -- "Duty in his service perishing": Servants and violence -- "Remember I have done thee worthy service": Conclusion.
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Employees.
Master and servant -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Master and servant -- England -- History -- 17th century.
Household employees -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Household employees -- England -- History -- 17th century.
Master and servant in literature.
Household employees in literature.
ISBN 0874139252 alkaline paper
9780874139259 alkaline paper
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