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Games and Game Playing in European Art and Literature, 16th-17th Centuries
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Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. A Passion for Games
- Part I: Chess and Luxury Playing Cards
- 1. āMad Chessā with a Mad Dwarf Jester
- 2. Changing Hands. Jean Desmarets, Stefano della Bella, and the Jeux de Cartes
- Part II: Gambling and Games of Chance
- 3. āA game played homeā. The Gendered Stakes of Gambling in Shakespeareās Plays
- 4. āNow if the devil have bones,/ These dice are made of hisā. Dice Games on the English Stage in the Seventeenth Century
- 5. The World Upside Down. Giuseppe Maria Mitelliās Games and the Performance of Identity in the Early Modern World
- Part III: Outdoor and Sportive Games
- 6. āTo catch the fellow, and come back againā. Games of Prisonerās Base in Early Modern English Drama
- 7. Against Opposition (at Home). Middleton and Rowleyās The World Tossed at Tennis as Tennis
- Part IV: Games on Display
- 8. Ordering the World. Games in the Architectural Iconography of Stirling Castle, Scotland
- 9. The Games of Philipp Hainhofer. Ludic Appreciation and Use in Early Modern Art Cabinets
- Index