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First published in 1972. The imagery of field sports - of hawking, hunting, shooting and fishing - and the associated imagery of warfare are a striking feature in Shakespeare's plays. The Living Image examines the nature of this imagery, considering it first in the light of the practices and techniques of Elizabethan field sports and weaponry and then its broader metaphoric significance in relation to the themes of the plays. The contemporary associations of the imagery - the inferences of female sexuality and waywardness from hawking imagery, for example, and the ideals of nobility and courage attached to images of hunting and war are all discussed.

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Author:   T. R. Henn
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9780415352932

ISBN 10:   0415352932
Pages:   164
Publication Date:   23 December 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Book of Sport; Chapter 2 The Hawk and the Handsaw; Chapter 3 The Ritual of the Hunt; Chapter 4 ‘The pleasant'st angling’; Chapter 5 ‘Incorps’d and demi-natur’d’; Chapter 6 A Review of Bowmen; Chapter 7 A Note on Shakespeare's Army; Chapter 8 The Images of ‘Antony and Cleopatra ’;

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