An edition of Representing the professions
(2006)
Representing the professions
administration, law, and theater in early modern England
by Edward Gieskes
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"Representing the Professions unites literary criticism, social and legal history, and Pierre Bourdieu's sociology of culture. It offers a detailed exploration of the professionalization of selected early modern disciplines in an effort to characterize those disciplines in their social, economic, and historical contexts."--BOOK JACKET.
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English drama, History, History and criticism, Lawyers in literature, Literature, Professions, Professions in literature, Theory, English drama, history and criticism, early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600, English drama, history and criticism, 17th century, Literature, history and criticism, Professions, great britainPlaces
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Representing the professions: administration, law, and theater in early modern England
2006, University of Delaware Press
in English
0874139295 9780874139297
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Table of Contents
"To sound the depths of what thou wilt profess" : the professions in early modern England
"I mean to learn" : status and service in the history plays
"This! why it outfrowns ink!" : social conflict and the legal profession
"The art of revels hath a settled place in the city" : the revels, civic drama, and the theater professions
"Honesty and vulgar praise" : the poet's war and the literary field
Conclusions : professions, literary history, and the function of criticism.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
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