Games and gaming in early modern drama : stakes and hazards /: stakes and hazards. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• 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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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.