"WE MUST BE GENTLE NOW WE ARE GENTLEMEN": GENTILITY AND CLASS IN THE WINTER'S TALE

Kaul discusses gentility and class in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. The play offers the most radical interrogation of the putative coincidence of virtue, honor, and gentility with lineage, status and wealth.

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Published in:The Upstart crow 2003-01, Vol.23, p.85
Main Author: Kaul, Mythili
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Drama
Dramatists
Literary criticism
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
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Summary:Kaul discusses gentility and class in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. The play offers the most radical interrogation of the putative coincidence of virtue, honor, and gentility with lineage, status and wealth.
ISSN:0886-2168