The Game’s the Thing: Politics and Play in Middleton’s A Game at Chess

Readings of Middleton’s A Game at Chess have tended to focus on its political and historical implications, viewing the chess game itself as an allegorical device that simply presents itself for decoding. Using some insights from Clifford Geertz, this essay makes the game central to a reading of the...

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Main Author:	Chaudhuri, Supriya
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	Association Études Épistémè 2021
Subjects:	politique Thomas Middleton jeu A Game at Chess jeu d’échec jeu d’argent tricherie politics gambling cheating chess game
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.4000/episteme.11534 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/ft2i https://journals.openedition.org/episteme/11534
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