164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1. The Book of Sport 2. The Hawk and the Handsaw 3. The Ritual of the Hunt 4. 'The pleasant'st angling' 5. 'Incorps'd and demi-natur'd' 6. A Review of Bowmen 7. A Note on Shakespeare's Army 8. The Images of Antony and Cleopatra
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T.R Henn
