Coming of Age in ShakespeareMarjorie Garber examines the rites of passage and maturation patterns--"coming of age"--in Shakespeare's plays. Citing examples from virtually the entire Shakespeare canon, she pays particular attention to the way his characters grow and change at points of personal crisis. Among the crises Garber discusses are: separation from parent or sibling in preparation for sexual love and the choice of husband or wife; the use of names and nicknames as a sign of individual exploits or status; virginity, sexual initiation and the acceptance of sexual maturity, childbearing and parenthood; and, finally, attitudes toward death and dying. |
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... rites of passage ' , a term first applied by Arnold van Gennep to the ceremonies accompanying ' life crises ' for the individual . Draw- ing primarily upon the behavior patterns of semicivilized peoples , but also upon the practices of ...
... rites of passage ' , a term first applied by Arnold van Gennep to the ceremonies accompanying ' life crises ' for the individual . Draw- ing primarily upon the behavior patterns of semicivilized peoples , but also upon the practices of ...
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Marjorie Garber. In his introductory remarks on classification of rites in Les Rites de passage van Gennep explains that transitions from group to group and from one social situation to the next are looked on as implicit in the very fact ...
Marjorie Garber. In his introductory remarks on classification of rites in Les Rites de passage van Gennep explains that transitions from group to group and from one social situation to the next are looked on as implicit in the very fact ...
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... rites of transition which are in the process of befalling its characters ... rite of separa- tion from previous surroundings to be followed by a rite of ... passage into unhallowed territory . 21 The 10 COMING OF AGE IN SHAKESPEARE.
... rites of transition which are in the process of befalling its characters ... rite of separa- tion from previous surroundings to be followed by a rite of ... passage into unhallowed territory . 21 The 10 COMING OF AGE IN SHAKESPEARE.
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Marjorie Garber. his murderers ' passage into unhallowed territory . 21 The ... rites of separation , transition and incorporation ( also known as ... rite that has attracted the most attention from anthropologists , sociologists and ...
Marjorie Garber. his murderers ' passage into unhallowed territory . 21 The ... rites of separation , transition and incorporation ( also known as ... rite that has attracted the most attention from anthropologists , sociologists and ...
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... rites of betrothal and marriage , since marriage rites , too , are rites of separation as well as incorporation ... passage from one age group to another . Each now becomes joined not only to a spouse , but also to the entire group of married ...
... rites of betrothal and marriage , since marriage rites , too , are rites of separation as well as incorporation ... passage from one age group to another . Each now becomes joined not only to a spouse , but also to the entire group of married ...
Contents
SEPARATION AND INDIVIDUATION | 30 |
PLAIN SPEAKING | 80 |
WOMENS RITES | 116 |
COMPARISON AND DISTINCTION | 174 |
Lenvoy | 242 |
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