Shakespeare's Promises Carol P. Christ Ronell opens a dialogue with

Ronell opens a dialogue with readers that discusses thinkers with whom she has directly engaged

affect identity and perceived lines of division between "us" and "others

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the contributors aim to help clinical and professional staff at all levels to introduce and develop the use of arts in their own spheres of influence

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Shakespeare's Promises Carol P. Christ Ronell opens a dialogue withOaths, vows, contracts, and promises are among the most momentous actions human beings can perform, in art as well as life. Although virtually ignored by literary theorists, these obligations motivate plots, test characters, provide rhetorical occasions, structure ironies, and open thematic horizons. According to William Kerrigan, they had particular importance for Shakespeare, who wrote at a decisive moment in the history of promising, toward the end