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Fruits of Duty: Honor in Shakespeare's King Richard II

Archer, John Michael

MLN, 2020-12, Vol.135 (5), p.1170-1183 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Fruits of Duty: Honor in Shakespeare's King Richard II
Autor: Archer, John Michael
Assuntos: 16th century ; Ambiguity ; British & Irish literature ; Drama ; English literature ; Epic literature ; Morality ; Narrative techniques ; Nobility ; Plot (Narrative) ; Politics ; Shakespeare plays ; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) ; Sonnets ; Theology ; Violence
É parte de: MLN, 2020-12, Vol.135 (5), p.1170-1183
Descrição: The article traces the emergence of aristocratic duty from feudal honor in Richard II as a preview of the correlative theory of right and duty, or of rights as duties in a communal context. Applying David Quint's foundational work on the duel to the chivalric trial by combat, its English analogue, the paper argues that aristocracy is at stake in the period's "political theology" as much as, or more, than sovereignty. A return to the study of court society from our fascination with sovereign power will reveal the aristocratic origins of violence in communities, a genealogy to which Shakespeare contributed in his second tetralogy.
Editor: Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press
Idioma: Inglês

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