Coming of Age in ShakespeareRoutledge, 2013 M04 15 - 248 pages Marjorie Garber examines the rites of passage and maturation patterns--"coming of age"--in Shakespeare's plays. Citing examples from virtually the entire Shakespeare canon, she pays particular attention to the way his characters grow and change at points of personal crisis. Among the crises Garber discusses are: separation from parent or sibling in preparation for sexual love and the choice of husband or wife; the use of names and nicknames as a sign of individual exploits or status; virginity, sexual initiation and the acceptance of sexual maturity, childbearing and parenthood; and, finally, attitudes toward death and dying. |
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... language was at all relevant to our own . But it is nonetheless in the spirit of Mead's inquiry into the cultures of other peoples , and in particular the process of maturation , that this book was written- and will , I hope , be read ...
... language was at all relevant to our own . But it is nonetheless in the spirit of Mead's inquiry into the cultures of other peoples , and in particular the process of maturation , that this book was written- and will , I hope , be read ...
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... are not really engaged in actions at all ; instead they are described in terms of their physical appearance , and especially of their language . The soldier is bearded and ' full of INTRODUCTION 'thy passages of life'
... are not really engaged in actions at all ; instead they are described in terms of their physical appearance , and especially of their language . The soldier is bearded and ' full of INTRODUCTION 'thy passages of life'
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Marjorie Garber. language . The soldier is bearded and ' full of strange oaths ' ( 149 ) , the plump justice speaks in ' wise saws and modern instances ' ( 155 ) , the pantaloon , dwarfed by his clothing , finds his ' big manly voice ...
Marjorie Garber. language . The soldier is bearded and ' full of strange oaths ' ( 149 ) , the plump justice speaks in ' wise saws and modern instances ' ( 155 ) , the pantaloon , dwarfed by his clothing , finds his ' big manly voice ...
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... language as one mark of a stage in personal maturity ( ' I spake as a child ' ) may once more remind us of Jaques's seven ages , and it is clear that changes in speech , or even the acquisi- tion of entire new languages , are frequently ...
... language as one mark of a stage in personal maturity ( ' I spake as a child ' ) may once more remind us of Jaques's seven ages , and it is clear that changes in speech , or even the acquisi- tion of entire new languages , are frequently ...
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Marjorie Garber. with rites of naming and of language , so with marriage rites we have biblical evidence of the continuity of such practices among the ancient Semites : in the book of Genesis , the Gospels of Matthew and Mark , and St ...
Marjorie Garber. with rites of naming and of language , so with marriage rites we have biblical evidence of the continuity of such practices among the ancient Semites : in the book of Genesis , the Gospels of Matthew and Mark , and St ...
Contents
SEPARATION AND INDIVIDUATION | 30 |
PLAIN SPEAKING | 80 |
WOMENS RITES | 116 |
COMPARISON AND DISTINCTION | 174 |
Lenvoy | 242 |
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