The Stranger as Story-teller: Gypsies and Others.
The article looks into the history and lives of the gypsies in England and their importance in Shakespeare's works. The gypsies are of Hindu origin who entered Great Britain in the sixteenth century, are known to be fortune tellers of a story or of the future, and being immigrants were ranked togeth...
| Publicado en: | Shakespeare in Southern Africa Vol. 23; pp. 31 - 43 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Institute for the Study of English in Africa
2011
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| Sumario: | The article looks into the history and lives of the gypsies in England and their importance in Shakespeare's works. The gypsies are of Hindu origin who entered Great Britain in the sixteenth century, are known to be fortune tellers of a story or of the future, and being immigrants were ranked together with the poor and vagrant. Gypsies are considered by individual villages as wanderers who come today and leave tomorrow, but society looks at them as people who come today and stay tomorrow. |
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