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TY  - BOOK
PB  - Oxford University Press
SE  - xii + 444 pp.
CY  - Oxford
ID  - aaam467
T1  - An English Tradition? The History and Significance of Fair Play
AU  - Duke-Evans, Jonathan
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2026
LA  - English
AB  - Discusses "fair play" ("idea of right and honorable conduct both in games and in a wide variety of other situations") as central to English national identity, tracing it back to medieval England. Considers how Shakespeare wrote figures who embodied fair play (Hector in Troilus and Cressida) and those who flouted it (Autolycus from Winter’s Tale). Traces meaning of “fair” as equitable among early modern writers, including Shakespeare, and Shakespeare’s use of “fair play,” including instance when Hector mistakenly assumes Greeks will play by same rules as Trojans.
ER  -