Drawing upon archival material as well as the drama, popular verse and pamphlets, this book reads representations of masters and servants in relation to key Renaissance preoccupations. Apprentices, journeymen, male domestic servants, maidservants and stewards, Burnett argues, were deployed in literary texts to address questions about the exercise of power, social change and the threat of economic upheaval. In this way, writers were instrumental in creating servant 'cultures', and spaces within which forms of political ...
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Drawing upon archival material as well as the drama, popular verse and pamphlets, this book reads representations of masters and servants in relation to key Renaissance preoccupations. Apprentices, journeymen, male domestic servants, maidservants and stewards, Burnett argues, were deployed in literary texts to address questions about the exercise of power, social change and the threat of economic upheaval. In this way, writers were instrumental in creating servant 'cultures', and spaces within which forms of political resistance could be realized.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 5x0x8; Macmillan, 1997; first edition with full number line; xii, 225pp, Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; corners and ends of spine bumped; titling remains bright and bold. Light corner and edgewear to jacket, one small chip at rear. Three previous dog ears. Interior appears free of previous owner markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
