Sovereign amity:figures of friendship in Shakespearean contexts

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shannon Laurie
Published: University of Chicago Press,
Publisher Address: Chicago
Publication Dates: 2002.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xiii, 240 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0226749665 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226749673 (paper : alk. paper)
Index Number: I561
CLC: I561.073
Call Number: I561.073/S528
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-235) and index.
Prologue: "soveraigne mistris amitie" -- The early modern politics of likeness: sovereign reader/subjects and listening kings -- Chaste associations in Cary's Tragedy of Mariam: sexual mixtures, same-sex friendship, and the genders of integrity -- Professing friendship: erotic prerogatives and "human title" in The two noble kinsmen -- Ungoverned states: Friendship, mignonnerie, and the private monarch -- The false prince and the true subject: friendship and public institutions in Edward II and The Henriad -- Friendship's offices: true speech and artificial bodies in The winter's tale -- Epil