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Title:: "Th'indias of spice and mine": An Overview of the Poetic Plundering of New Worlds by Shakespeare and His Contemporaries.
Authors:: Duplessis-Hay, Michèle
Source:: Shakespeare in Southern Africa; 2003, Vol. 15, p1-10, 10p
Document Type:: Literary Criticism
Subject Terms:: *ENGLISH literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700
*AUTHORS, English
SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616
COLONIES in literature
IMPERIALISM in literature
Geographic Terms:: ENGLAND
People:: SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616
Abstract:: Examines examples of how English author William Shakespeare and his contemporaries plundered the New World for images and comparisons. Ways in which English exploration and colonization were the results of social and economic needs; Mercantile purpose of exploration and plantations; Shakespeare's allusion to the wonders and problems of the Americas in "The Tempest"; Shakespeare's emphasis on the unpleasant side of colonialism.
ISSN:: 1011582X
Accession Number:: 15171686
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Database:: Academic Search Complete

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"Th'indias of spice and mine": An Overview of the Poetic Plundering of New Worlds by Shakespeare and His Contemporaries