"Pejorative Pockets from Shakespeare to Austen"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo738/
Author:
	Brown, James.
Type:
	Book Chapter
Year:
	2024
Publication Information:
	Brown, The Cultural Construction of Hidden Spaces: Essays on Pockets, Pouches, and Secret Drawers, 266–78.
DOI:
	10.1163/9789004694729_021
:
	Brown, The Cultural Construction of Hidden Spaces: Essays on Pockets, Pouches, and Secret Drawers
Annotation:
	Argues that pockets can "connote limited and morally doubtful self-interest," pointing to Claudius's greed and pocketed diadem. Suggests that Antony's metaphorically overspilling pockets pejoratively signal his "grand extravagance." English summary, online.
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Jamieson, Anna; Segal, Naomi
Tags:
	Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism
WSB Update:
	Fall 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo738