{"product_id":"9781526149855-courteous-exchanges","title":"Courteous Exchanges","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpenser's and Shakespeare's Gentle Dialogues with Readers and Audiences\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers new connections between Spenser and Shakespeare by showing how their works hone readers’ and audiences’ judgement about the social construction of aristocratic identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCourteous Exchanges\u003c\/i\u003e explores the significant overlap between Edmund Spenser’s \u003ci\u003eFaerie Queene\u003c\/i\u003e and Shakespeare’s plays, showing how both facilitate the critique of Renaissance aristocratic identity. Moving from a consideration of Castiglione’s \u003ci\u003eBook of the Courtier\u003c\/i\u003e as a text that encouraged reader engagement, the book offers new readings of Shakespeare’s plays in conjunction with Spenser. It pairs \u003ci\u003eLove’s Labour’s Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMuch Ado About Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Winter’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ci\u003eThe Faerie Queene\u003c\/i\u003e in order to explore how topics such as education, gender, religion, race, and aristocratic identity are offered up to reader and audience interpretation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56214626206070,"sku":"9781526149855","price":107.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38958698.jpg?v=1767946067","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781526149855-courteous-exchanges","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}