Games and gaming in early modern drama : stakes and hazards /: stakes and hazards. (2020)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Games and gaming in early modern drama : stakes and hazards /: stakes and hazards. (2020)
- Main Title:
- Games and gaming in early modern drama : stakes and hazards
- Further Information:
- Note: Caroline Baird.
- Authors:
- Baird, Caroline
- Contents:
- 1. Chapter 1: Introduction.2. Chapter 2: Games in Early Modern Culture.3. Chapter 3: Dice: the roll/role of chance and luck .4. Chapter 4: Cards: face cards, rules, and secrecy.5. Chapter 5: Tables: Backgammon and race games between the sexes.6. Chapter 6: Chess: war, harmony, sex and politics.- 7Chapter 7: Conclusion.
- Publisher Details:
- Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 822.3093579
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
Games in literature - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783030508579
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783030508562
- Notes:
- Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.566347
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- 03_197.xml