
The Gendered Stakes of Gambling in Shakespeare’s Plays Megan Herroldĭice Games on the English Stage in the Seventeenth Century Kevin Chovanec “Now if the devil have bones,/ These dice are made of his” Jean Desmarets, Stefano della Bella, and the Jeux de Cartes Naomi Lebens 1625) “Gaming is an enchanting witchery …” Charles Cotton, The Compleat Gamester (1674)Īcknowledgments 15 Introduction 17 A Passion for Games Robin O’Bryan “That you have seen the pride, beheld the sport, And all the games of fortune, played at court …” Ben Jonson, “An Epigram” (c. Nonetheless, whosoever believes to have rights to this material is advised to contact the publisher. Every effort has been made to obtain permission to use all copyrighted illustrations reproduced in this book. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the written permission of both the copyright owner and the author of the book. O’Bryan / Amsterdam University Press B.V., Amsterdam 2019 All rights reserved.

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Our goal is to make legible modes of thought and action that until recently seemed untraceable, thereby shaping the growing scholarly discourses on playfulness both past and present. The accent of this series falls on cultural practices that have thus far eluded traditional disciplinary models. Inspired by the foundational work of Johan Huizinga as well as later contributions by Roger Caillois, Eugen Fink, and Bernard Suits, this series publishes monographs and essay collections that address the ludic aspects of premodern life.
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Games and Game Playing in European Art and Literature, 16th–17th CenturiesĬultures of Play, 1300‒1700 Cultures of Play, 1300‒1700 provides a forum for investigating the full scope of medieval and early modern play, from toys and games to dramatic performances, from etiquette manuals and literary texts to bulls and tractates, from jousting to duels, and from education to early scientific investigation.

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