Anatomy of Insults in Shakespeare's World

Introduction: 'No abuse?'
Chapter 1: The Spectacular Rhetoric of Insult
Chapter 2. The 'merry war': Insult as a Love Game
Chapter 3: 'Quarrelling by the book': Insult and Duelling Codes
Chapter 4: Insults as Actionable Words
Chapter 5: Insult and the Taming of the Tongue
Chapter 6: The Trauma of Insult
Chapter 7: Insult beyond Words
Epilogue: Shakespeare's Theatre of Insult
Bibliography of Works cited
Detailed outline
Index

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• Estudos literários: peças e dramaturgos
• Estudos literários: c 1500 a c 1800
• Estudos e crítica shakespeareana

early modern world; cultural history; literary criticism; Much Ado about Nothing; Love's Labour's Lost; and A Midsummer Night's Dream; insult and duelling codes; Romeo and Juliet; As You Like It; Twelfth Night; Othello; Measure for Measure.