The Game’s the Thing: Politics and Play in Middleton’s A Game at Chess
Readings of Middleton’s A Game at Chess have tended to focus on its political and historical implications, viewing the chess game itself as an allegorical device that simply presents itself for decoding. Using some insights from Clifford Geertz, this essay makes the game central to a reading of the...
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Institut du Monde Anglophone
2021-05-01
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| Series: | Etudes Epistémè |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/11534 |